Untowardly Quotes & Sayings

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.) — Voltaire

Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. — Garry Wills

We all start out thinking that there is such a thing as perfection and that there's something wrong with us if we settle for less. First we won't eat the food with the brown spots. Then we hate ourselves because we have our own brown spots - pimples or ears that are too big or legs that are too skinny. — James Howe

There can be no substitute for a personal study of the Word of God! Daily devotionals, Bible commentaries, and recorded messages by anointed preachers and teachers are wonderful and useful. However, they cannot take the place of the Word of God. They must not replace a time of personal study of the Word. Every Christian individual must study and meditate upon the Word for him or herself. Nobody can do that for anyone else. — Pedro Okoro

Mosley is bigger than me. He's fast and his hand speed is still there. He's faster than most of my opponents. He's also preparing hard and he's also good, so we never underestimate our opponent. — Manny Pacquiao

Catching myself in the moment. Then I remember facts are just facts, circumstances are merely circumstances. Whenever I can catch myself having a negative thought, I do Self I-Dentity through Ho'oponopono by saying to myself the phrases "I love you," "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," "Thank you" in any particular order. — Graham Shiels

I can change, whittle my square edges to fit in a round hole. God, I hope I'm never going to massacre myself that way. — Sylvia Plath

Ursan flourished the knife, threatening me. "Talk, or I'll start cutting off body parts."
"Yours? Or mine?" I kept my voice steady despite my insides twisting into goo. "It's an important distinction. — Maria V. Snyder

It is often while travelling through the dark that you find the ones who shine brightest in your life. For they are the ones who remind you of your own beautiful light and show up, without a second thought, in your pain, as well as your glory. — Anna Taylor

I hope that you're learning how important you are, how important each person you see can be. Discovering each one's specialty is the most important learning. — Fred Rogers

Why do I want my wife to show off her panties when the wind blows? Horses show their behinds, and cows and mules, not humans — Muhammad Ali

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next. — Jane Austen

A lot of times you'll hear horror stories about actors being incredibly selfish and only wanting themselves to shine, but for me, it's not about just one person. It's about the whole team. That's the way I look at acting. That's the way I look at everything I do. — Mekhi Phifer

In the third epoch the divinity of man's creative nature is finally revealed and divine power becomes human power. — Nikolai Berdyaev