Vamvakaris Quotes & Sayings

All providences are doors to trial. Men may be drowned in seas of prosperity as well as in rivers of affliction. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

We are not on this earth to accumulate victories, things, and experiences, but to be whittled and sandpapered until what's left is who we truly are. — Arianna Huffington

To know who I am is a species of knowing where I stand. My identity is defined by the commitments and identifications which provide the frame or horizon within which I can try to determine from case to case what is good, or valuable, or what ought to be done, or what I endorse or oppose. In other words, it is the horizon within which I am capable of taking a stand. — Charles Taylor

God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are. — Billy Graham

You know how when you're reminded of things, and you can't shut it off quick
enough? Like, before it slips the knife in and twists? Like that. — Lili St. Crow

Death is natural and necessary, but not just. It is a random force of nature; survival is equally accidental. Each loss is an occasion to remember that survival is a gift. — Harriet McBryde Johnson

Isabelle tugged her tank top back down and glared at her brother. "You don't knock now?"
"It's my bedroom!" Alec spluttered. — Cassandra Clare

We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community. — Hawa Abdi

If your doctor tells you you have a rare disease that he or she has never seen, if you've got an incurable cancer, boy, don't accept that. You know, go and get a second opinion. — Hamilton Jordan

Do not neglect your inner beauty in pursuit of your outer beauty. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values. — Steve Coogan