Top 20 Wise Quotes & Sayings

We don't understand how much those small moments of closeness mean to us until they're taken away. — Cassia Leo

Man's will creates the things that paralyze his brain and brutalize his heart. — Max Lerner

Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there — Walter Cronkite

A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims. — Octavio Paz

It is a great affront to God to jest with sacred things, particularly to make sport with the word and ordinances of God, or to treat them with lightness, — Matthew Henry

God loves to see his creatures happy; our lawful delight is His; they know not God that think to please Him with making themselves miserable. The idolaters thought it a fit service for Baal to cut and lance themselves; never any holy man looked for thanks from the true God by wronging himself. — Joseph Hall

Maybe this isn't the right thing to say, but I want you to know: When you ran for the stage, I've never been so proud of you in all my life. You've always been beautiful; you've always been talented. And now I know that your moral compass is perfectly aligned, that you see clearly when things are wrong, and you do everything you can to stop it. As a father, I can't ask for more. I love you America. And I'm so so proud. — Kiera Cass

I've never actually told you, Leese, because I just didn't believe it could be real, but I love you - I love you enough that I don't have to be selfish. I want you to have a long and happy life with someone who'll love you always.'
'You're my forever,' I said, from under the light touch of his fingers. — Lindsay Delagair

What do you have to say as a devout Muslim concerning your lust for women? — Naguib Mahfouz

I did know once, only I've sort of forgotten. — A.A. Milne

Go for a 90 percent approval rating with people you know. The other 10 percent either don't know you well enough or are insane. — Robert J. Braathe

Of the sayings of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels that can be compared to those in the fourth Gospel, there are one or two which I venture to think can only have been recorded on the authority of St. John. — Alfred Noyes

I'm not making it complicated, I'm just looking at it less simply. — Gregory S. Close