Toynbees Civilizations Quotes & Sayings

Our pride and desire to be seen a certain way prevent us from living the life God desires for us. — Trillia J. Newbell

We saw that our customers required help beyond the data sets they had and that they could benefit from a wider opinion. So we built SurveyMonkey Audience, and we've now got 4 million users who signed up to take surveys. Our clients can choose the demographic they want to hear from, and we can provide that sample. — Dave Goldberg

The One who made us is the One who guides who we become. — Hannah Anderson

Waste no more time arguing that a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius

It is customary, in England at least, for Coroners' courts to give the verdict 'Suicide while the balance of his mind was disturbed'. This insult automatically puts the victim in the wrong and reassures Society that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. Have you ever noticed that Socialist governments have a particular horror of the individual's suicide? It is a direct criticism of their basic tenets. — Nanavira Thera

The light of God gives meaning to life — Sunday Adelaja

With my boyfriend, we can make sexist jokes to each other because we know it's absolutely not true. If I get home from a long day and he says: 'Go on, get in the kitchen,' it's funny because we know it's not our lives. — Emily Browning

Hamid Gul is an actor who is definitely not in our good books. Hamid Gul is somebody who was never appreciated by our government. — Asif Ali Zardari

It's a way to turn your mind to the Creator and to make sure you're dedicating everything to him. Get up in the morning, give thanks to the Creator. Have a chance to do some good, give thanks to the Creator. Whatever you do, make a little gesture to remind yourself that you are doing it in the presence of the Creator. — Kent Nerburn

Feelings are indicators, not dictators. They can indicate where your heart is in the moment, but that doesn't mean they have the right to dictate your behavior and boss you around. You are more than the sum total of your feelings and perfectly capable of that little gift ... called self-control. — Lysa TerKeurst

I'm not nearly as outrageously brave as many of my rascals that I write. But I think the rascal spirit must reside in me somewhere. — Christopher Moore

All that matters is that the thing be the thing of the thing. — Charles Olson

The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting. — Ralph Waldo Emerson