A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
#quotes #matthew-henry #human

It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. ~Anna Kournikova
#quotes #anna-kournikova #sports #tennis

Last night the Moon asked me, ""Why do not you leave your love if she makes you cry?" I looked back at the Moon and replied, "You are so lonely up there by can you leave your Sky?"
#message #cute #goodnight

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
#quotes #edmund-hillary #skiing

"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
#quotes #nora-roberts #beauty

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
#proverbs #grandparents

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
#quotes #albert-schweitzer #nature #environment

There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
#quotes #marcus-tullius-cicero #friendship #politics

He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
#quotes #benjamin-whichcote #education #teaching

The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #nature #reality

A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
#quotes #christina-romer #economy

Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
#quotes #gregory-bateson #nature #education

The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
#quotes #anne-o-hare-mccormick #peace #military

We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
#quotes #john-spratt #movies #process

I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
#quotes #stephen-graham

I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
#quotes #joey-ramone #life #happiness

Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
#quotes #moses #god

If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
#quotes #jennifer-james #change #self-worth #humor

Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
#quotes #aiden-wilson-tozer #love #god

I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
#quotes #mark-leyner #happiness

In kindergarten I had to draw a picture of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I drew a rapper. I didn't really know what a rapper was or what they did; I just wanted to do it. ~B.o.B
#quotes #b-o-b

Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
#proverbs #government #mercy

In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
#quotes #john-burroughs #snow

Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
#quotes #aaron-burr #law #government

At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
#quotes #james-fenton #english