Van Brocklin Elementary Quotes & Sayings

...Make God's Word your Sourcebook... — David Jeremiah

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature. — Les Brown

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. — Hillary Clinton

I believe we are all transient," she began. She thought for awhile and added, "I believe that we are half-blind and full of errors. I believe that we understand very little, and what we do understand is mostly wrong. I believe that life cannot be survived - that is evident! - but if one is lucky, life can be endured for quite a long while. If one is both lucky and stubborn, life can sometimes even be enjoyed. — Elizabeth Gilbert

What I really want is to sit next to someone on an L.L. bean blanket on the beach in the fall and drink coffee from the same mug. I don't want some rusty '73 Ford Pinto with a factory-defective gas tank that causes it to explode when its rear-ended in the parking lot of the supermarket. So why do I keep looking for Pintos? — Augusten Burroughs

It didn't matter what she wore. Shannon was beautiful to him. The pregnancy wasn't really visible yet, but for a moment he imagined her belly protruding with his two children, and it choked him up. She would be beautiful big or small, happy or angry. And the children would be adorable. Zeke — J.M. Madden

If there's an award for best mother-in-law in the universe, in the future, when my son gets married, I will win that award. — Laura Schlessinger

How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press ... Like Eden's dead probationary tree, Knowledge of good and evil is from thee. — William Cowper

Whatever artistry may occur within the manuscript, the magic happens for me in the last draft. Whatever I have been resistant to say must finally be said. In the end, I see where my pencil has been leading me. — Terry Tempest Williams

When the wind came it split the sky and shouldered the cloud-band left and right; unbarring great clear furnaces of rolling gold. — G.K. Chesterton

All the miseries of mankind come from one thing, not knowing how to remain alone. — Blaise Pascal

You know, I'm pro-troops, but I'm not pro-war. — Toby Keith

Why don't those stupid idiots let me in their crappy club for jerks? — Homer Simpson

We will not reform the yuan until the time is right even if there is external pressure. — Wu Yi