Famous Quotes & Sayings

Claude Monet

The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.

Dante Alighieri

O you proud Christians, wretched souls and small,/ Who by the dim lights of your twisted minds/ Believe you prosper even as you fall,/ Can you not see that we are worms, each one/ Born to become the angelic butterfly/ That flies defenseless to the Judgement Throne?

Dante Alighieri

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Dan Savage

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

Dan Rather

I've never believed in measuring one's worth by the size of his or her bank account. I prefer to look at distance traveled.

Dan Rather

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

Dan Gable

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

Dan Gable

The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.

Cyril Cusack

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

Cyril Connolly

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

Cyril Connolly

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

Dan Millman

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

Corrie Ten Boom

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Corrie Ten Boom

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

Corrie Ten Boom

Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.

Corrie Ten Boom

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

Corrie Ten Boom

Some knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able.

Corrie Ten Boom

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Corrie Ten Boom

There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.

Cornelia Funke

Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.

Cornel West

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

Cornel West

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

Cormac McCarthy

By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.

Colum McCann

The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.

Dashiell Hammett

To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.

Dave Brubeck

Probably the most profound thing in the Bible is 'Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.' This is what, to me, is the essence of Christianity.

David Platt

It's important to realize that we adopt not because we are rescuers. No. We adopt because we are rescued.

David Lloyd George

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

David Lynch

I like to make films because I like to go into another world. I like to get lost in another world. And film to me is a magical medium that makes you dream... allows you to dream in the dark. It's just a fantastic thing, to get lost inside the world of film.

David Lynch

It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.

David Carradine

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

Dan Brown

Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.

Dan Brown

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?