Xiaokang Society Quotes & Sayings

Forecasting our futures is built into our psyches because we will soon have to manage that future. We have no choice. No matter how often we fail, we can never stop trying. — Alan Greenspan

We are insulting God by constantly depending and looking forward for miracles. — Sunday Adelaja

No one teaches mindfulness better than Thich Nhat Hanh. — B. J. Gallagher Hateley

You get self-obsessed when you're ill. You can't see anything around you. — Sophie Kinsella

Or are we only fully accepting of our faith when we are free to reject it, as is possible in Western liberal democracies? — Omar Saif Ghobash

But how come no one says anything to my face? I do dozens of events per year and I've met thousands of readers, and every single person I've ever encountered has been lovely. Why is that, I wonder? Am I more charming in person, or is it that face-to-face blunt-force-trauma honesty requires a modicum of courage? — Jen Lancaster

The term 'Xiaokang' is used today to refer to a society where people can receive education, get paid through work, have access to medical services and old-age support, have a shelter and more than enough food and clothing, and lead a well-off life. — Li Keqiang

My favourite thing in the world, apart from my wife and kids, is writing songs. Ever since I was a kid. — Richard Hawley

My style is the paparazzi approach which is spontaneous, unrehearsed, off-guard. The beauty I'm after is inherent, more natural. Genuine emotions, real emotions, that's what I look for. — Ron Galella

They [Americans] augur misgovernment at a distance and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze. — Edmund Burke

In that one, they'd done their darnedest to destroy Riley's Switch. This time, instead of two-by-fours and tire irons, they seemed a little more focused on choke holds and knees to the face. Their desire to be close to each other was sweet. — Darynda Jones

If you take the '70s with Blaxploitation pictures, there was a proliferation of black-content films and motion pictures, television, stage plays and so forth at a time when Hollywood was in trouble financially, and it was cheaper to do black films to keep the lights on until they could reestablish themselves. — Glynn Turman

When I see your scars, do I want to erase them? Absolutely. But not your physical scars. The real ones, beneath the surface. The ones that compel you to stay silent or force you to cringe. Those are the scars I want to obliterate." His finger circles the dip of a burn mark on her forearm. "This is a battle trophy and nothing to be ashamed of. Every one of your scars makes you more beautiful to me. — Laura Kreitzer

If you want to see how far we have not come from the cave and the woods, from the lonely and dangerous days of the prarie or the plain, witness the reaction of a modern suburban family, nearly ready for bed, when the doorbell rings or the door is rattled. They will stop where they stand, or sit bolt upright in their beds, as if a streak of pure lightning has passed through the house. Eyes wide, voices fearful, they will whisper to each other, "There's someone at the door," in a way that might make you believe they have always feared and anticipated this moment - that they have spent their lives being stalked. — Alice McDermott

Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. thats all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only of bread. — Elie Wiesel

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check. — Taylor Hanson