Turris Fortissima Quotes & Sayings

You think, you got a dick, you gotta do the work. Make the plays. Give the chase. Fight the good fight. But you're wrong. — Kristen Ashley

Waiting silently is the hardest thing of all. I was dying to talk to Jim and about Jim. But the things that we feel most deeply we ought to learn to be silent about, at least until we have talked them over thoroughly with God. — Elisabeth Elliot

I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. — Eckhart Tolle

Over hundred years ago Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act. There was wide distribution of land and they didn't confiscate anyone's privately owned land ... We need an industrial Homestead Act. — Ronald Reagan

Children's literature as a literary aberration or at best a minor amusement is a notion held most strongly by people who read the fewest children's books. I think it was Ruth Hill Viguers who compared this attitude with asking a pediatrician when he's going to stop fooling around and get down to the serious business of treating adults. — Lloyd Alexander

Corny, yes, but there you go. Purity. That was what hit you when you get lost looking at your own child - a purity that could be derived only from true, unconditional love. He loved Ryan so damned much. — Harlan Coben

Externally China desires independence, internally she seeks to maintain her existence as a nation; China therefore strives to loose the bonds that bind her people, and to complete the establishment of a new State. — Chiang Kai-shek

Parents test our patience more than anyone else ... Being around them keeps you in check ... that's what keeps you humbled. — Nouman Ali Khan

I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in. — Kate Winslet

The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work. — Ahmad Jamal

The best feeling in the world is when you child just comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because. — Marlee Matlin

We don't value craftsmanship anymore! All we value is ruthless efficiency, and I say we deny our own humanity that way! Without appreciation for grace and beauty, there's no pleasure in creating things and no pleasure in having them! Our lives are made drearier, rather than richer! How can a person take pride in his work when skill and care are considered luxuries! We're not machines! We have a human need for craftsmanship! — Bill Watterson

I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough. — Delta Burke