Wundervolle Quotes & Sayings

How much in this world is charged to chance or fortune, or veiled under a more devout name, and accorded to Providence; while, when we come to look honestly into affairs, we find it to be a debt of our own accumulation, and one which we must inevitably pay. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy. — Jerry Tarkanian

NO. No no no. I don't want to screw you. I just love you. When did who you want to screw become the whole game? Since when is the person you want to screw the only person you get to love? It's so stupid, Tiny! I mean, Jesus, who even gives a fuck about sex?! People act like it's the most important thing humans do, but come on. How can our sentient fucking lives revolve around something slugs can do. I mean, who you want to screw and whether you screw them? Those are important questions, I guess. But they're not that important. You know what's important? Who would you die for? Who do you wake up at five forty-five in the morning for even though you don't even know why he needs you? Whose drunken nose would you pick?! — John Green

Because teenagers don't have adult responsibilities yet, you can create your own drama, and it's a universe of your own emotions. — Andrea Seigel

Oh, blessed trust! To trust Him ... whose power will never be exhausted, whose love will never wane, whose kindness will never change, whose faithfulness will never fail, whose wisdom will never be confounded, and whose perfect goodness can never know a diminution! — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Change is like dancing with a Gorilla - you can't stop when you are tired. You can only stop when the gorilla is ready to stop. — Stephanie Thompson

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration. — Iain Banks

Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment. — Leigh Hunt

Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. — Pearl S. Buck

Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the gospel. — J.I. Packer

When the great markets by the sea shut fastAll that calm Sunday that goes on and on:When even lovers find their peace at last,And Earth is but a star, that once had shone. — James Elroy Flecker