Verdina Beach Quotes & Sayings

And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue; and know that to excel you in virtue only brings us shame, but that to be excelled by you is a source of happiness to us. — Plato

Each of us has his or her role in life, and if we know ourselves well enough to understand what that role is, we will be happy doing nothing else but what we can do best. — Dean Koontz

I'm not playing for the All-Star Game, I'm playing to win games. — Michael Redd

This morning I breathe iced air,
and wander toward the waves.
For a moment I live without care;
a moment all my heart craves. — Craig Froman

My father was born in Amsterdam in a highly religious family. He was in Amsterdam, and he went into hiding right near where Anne Frank was. He was a theoretical physicist and the last Jew to get a Ph.D. in Amsterdam. — Josh Pais

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness. — Alfred North Whitehead

In France everything is a matter for jest. People make quips about the scaffold, about Napoleon's defeat on the banks of The Beresina, and about the barricades of our revolutions. So, at the assizes of the Last Judgment, there will always be a Frenchmen to crack a joke. — Honore De Balzac

I work on two levels. I occupy my conscious mind with things to do, lines to draw, movements to organize, rhythms to invent. In fact, I keep myself occupied. But that allows other things to happen which I'm not controlling ... the more I exercise my conscious mind, the more open the other things may find that they can come through. — Bridget Riley