Veinte Y Quotes & Sayings

The world will be saved by one or two people. — Andre Gide

The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity. — Vance Havner

Persistence wears down resistance. — William J. Federer

It's not the cost (although that pinches), or the time (though that grinds). After a while, it's the sheer galling indignity of being asked to prove, pay, and prove all over again that you're a worthy parent. Any true parent will tell you that that is impossible to prove in advance. — Scott Simon

who weighs about twelve stone. — Jerome K. Jerome

Football was always a deal we made with ourselves. We adopted it for its brutality, which was embedded in a context that happened to be perfectly suited to television and to gambling, but which we could convince ourselves was only incidental to our enjoyment because it was only incidental to the game itself. — Charlie Pierce

Now that you will leave, now that the day of payment
dawns, now that no one knows
who he will kill and how he will die
take with you the boy who saw the light
under the leaves of that plane tree
and teach him how to study the trees. — Giorgos Seferis

Writing has to be an obsession - it's only for those who say, 'I'm not going to do anything else.' — Lorrie Moore

There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants it read. — James Goodnight

Shall I tell you of their plundering, their covetousness, their abandonment of the poor, their thefts, their cheating in trade? — Saint John Chrysostom

To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo. — Desmond Tutu

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. — Charles Caleb Colton

God loves you enough to receive you as you are. He loves you too much to keep you as you are. — Mark Driscoll

I've always been fascinated by the human body, but you can become quite morbid and paranoid if you think too much. — Ellie Goulding

There is nothing that can equal the treasure of so many shared memories. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery