Ummat Epaper Quotes & Sayings

Daily Christian living, in other words, is daily Christian dying: dying to our trivial comforts, soul-shrinking conveniences, arrogant preferences, and self-centered entitlements, and living for something much larger than what makes us comfortable and safe. — Tullian Tchividjian

From a distance the world looks blue and green,
and the snow-capped mountains white.
From a distance the ocean meets the stream,
and the eagle takes to flight.
From a distance, there is harmony,
and it echoes through the land.
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
it's the voice of every man — Bette Midler

And suddenly, she longed for a thunderstorm. — Natalie Babbitt

We need to be shaping our kids into arrows that will fly straight to the target God has set for them. If we're not carefully shaping and aiming our arrows, others will try to steal them and shape them for their use. What's worse, they will aim our children at targets of their own choosing. We should never be surprised if we are wounded by the members of our own family, if we have allowed sworn enemies of Christ to aim them. — Gregg Harris

Why was he drawn to complicated women, or were all women
all people, finally
complicated? — Stewart O'Nan

'It's not you, it's me.'
'Oh God. That's exactly what my last three boyfriends said when they dumped me. Is it in the Y-Chromosome User's Manual or something?'
He grinned. 'On page five. But, you know, don't tell anyone I told you.' — Kim Fielding

It's the questions we ask, the journey we take to get to where we are going that is more important than the actual answer. — Charles De Lint

My first sales assessment, they tell you your strong points, and they told me I was the emotional salesman, the one who could really connect with people by making them feel comfortable. Once someone told me that, I couldn't get past how manipulative it made me feel. — Katie Nolan

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. [ Inigo Montoya ] — William Goldman

I'm an investor in MakerBot, which is a good example of the 'thingiverse'. The idea of applying collaboration and rapid iteration to things that we interact with and hold in our hands every day is super revolutionary. — Matt Mullenweg

Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman. — Winston Churchill

Conflict is always more interesting to play. Not everyone gets along in the trauma unit. In a hard-pressed job like this, there will always be friction. — Neve McIntosh

Beginnings are easy, but after that, happiness takes some work. — Liz Thebart

A peacemaker does not mean a peaceful person. — Lanza Del Vasto