Urbaine Des Quotes & Sayings

An effective leader creates specific, achievable goals, initiates action and enlists the participation of others. They remove distractions; grasps the bigger picture, focuses on one task at a time; completes the task competently and organizes for the future. — Ken Wyatt

Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly — Jayne Ann Krentz

This must be the legendary Yankee rudeness — Charlaine Harris

You are not an athlete because of what you can do, but because of who you are: a team player, someone who never quits, who strives to be his personal best, and who believes in fair play. — Rosemary Rawlins

The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence. — Art Linkletter

We need to understand, to really grasp at an elemental level, that the definitive revolution is the spiritual awakening of humankind. — Rory McEntee

Pounding fragrant things - particularly garlic, basil, parsley - is a tremendous antidote to depression. But it applies also to juniper berries, coriander seeds and the grilled fruits of the chilli pepper. Pounding these things produces an alteration in one's being - from sighing with fatigue to inhaling with pleasure. The cheering effects of herbs and alliums cannot be too often reiterated. Virgil's appetite was probably improved equally by pounding garlic as by eating it. — Patience Gray

The Thanksgiving tradition is, we gorge. Hey, what about at Thanksgiving we simply consume a considerable measure? However we do that consistently! Goodness. Imagine a scenario where we consume a ton with individuals who pester the heck out of us. — Jim Gaffigan

It is not enough to say, 'We are Muslims and have an ideology or our own': we must also be in a position to show that our ideology is vital enough to withstand the pressure of the changing times, and to decided in what way the fact of our being Muslims will affect the course of our lives: in other words, we must find out whether Islam can offer us precise directives for the formation of our society, and whether its inspiration is strong enough in us to translate these directives into practice. — Muhammad Asad

Bitch: In praise of difficult women. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

Listen to your intuition. It will tell you everything you need to know. — Anthony J. D'Angelo

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way. — Charles Kingsley