Wataturu Quotes & Sayings

You must be prepared for further efforts of mind and body and further sacrifices to great causes, if you are not to fall back into the rut if inertia, the confusion of aim and the craven fear of being great. — Winston Churchill

Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer than it is, on account of its oblique position under the light. — Eugene Delacroix

We need God's great-grace in all spheres of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

[I]t is true that [the provisions of the Bill of Rights] were designed to meet ancient evils. But they are the same kind of human evils that have emerged from century to century whenever excessive power is sought by the few at the expense of the many. — Hugo Black

I hate the idea of street art. With music, I just needed my brain and my voice, which didn't cost anything. — M.I.A.

Be fearless in trying new things, whether they are physical, mental, or emotional, since being afraid can challenge you to go to the next level. — Rita Wilson

It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me. — J.R.R. Tolkien

The Dog was a different matter. She was new, or so old that any book that told of her was long since dust. The creature in the fog thought the latter. — Garth Nix

I went down, giving you my arm, at least one million of stairs
and now that you are no more here it's the void on every step.
Also in such way our long journey has been short too.
Mine still goes on, and I need no more
coincidences, reservations,
traps, shames of those who think
that reality is that what you see.
I went down millions of stairs giving you my arm
not just because it's better to see with four eyes than two.
With you I went down because I knew that between us
the only true pupils, though so much darkened,
were yours — Eugenio Montale

Spiritual warfare begins and ends with praise. — Pedro Okoro

I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in the person that people expected me to be. — Isabel Allende

Being in a marriage and having children is the greatest pleasure, but it is certainly not the easiest pleasure. It is not like eating ice cream. — Andrew Solomon

Venture too far for love, she tells herself, and you renounce citizenship in the country you've made for yourself. — Michael Cunningham