Valyaunt Quotes & Sayings

Menestheus, the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus, and the great-grandson to Erechtheus, the first man that is recorded to have affected popularity and ingratiated himself with the multitude, stirred up and exasperated the most eminent men of the city, who had long borne a secret grudge to Theseus, conceiving that he had robbed them of their several little kingdoms and lordships, and, having pent them all up in one city, was using them as his subjects and slaves. He put also the meaner people into commotion, telling them, that, deluded with a mere dream of liberty, though indeed they were deprived both of that and of their proper homes and religious usages, instead of many good and gracious kings of their own, they had given themselves up to be lorded over by a new-comer and a stranger. — Plutarch

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances. — Elisabeth Elliot

She did not exist: she would not be born till tomorrow, some time after eight o'clock a.m.; and I would wait to be assured she had come into the world alive before I assigned to her all that property. — Charlotte Bronte

No one is ever who they purport to be. — Cate Blanchett

Forget how vast darkness can be
Focus on how powerful your light is ...
When you turn it on — Roxana Jones

Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly. — John Lyly

CHARLIE: So you can't even see Ivy's point? MATTIE FAE: No. CHARLIE: That Little Charles and Beverly share some kind of ... complication. MATTIE FAE: Honey, you have to be smart to be complicated. CHARLIE: That's our boy. Are you saying our boy isn't smart? MATTIE FAE: Yes, that's what I'm saying. — Tracy Letts

I had benefited so much from Vipassana, I felt it was important for many more people to be able to share the experience. — Subhash Chandra

God has created us to be dependent upon Him, to bring Him our challenges and allow Him to help us with them. — Joyce Meyer

I've never minded finding out what others thought I didn't know. Titus Ray, Chapter 3 — Luana Ehrlich

I firmly believe that 90 percent of the confusion that women feel when they are attempting to put together an occasion-specific ensemble is caused by fear: fear of breaking the 'fashion rules,' fear of violating some long-forgotten tradition, or the basic fear of looking bad. — Nina Garcia

Making art is different for everyone. — China Chow