I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

Jim Elliot

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

Wendell Phillips

I used to work all the time, and now if there is a wedding, there's a concert, I'm there.

Petra Nemcova

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

Brian Tracy

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.

Vladimir Putin

He who is conceived in a cage, yearns for the cage.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.

Joel Osteen

Being fed, and having a soft bed, and other people being in charge, seemed the most wonderful prospect in the world at that moment.

J.K. Rowling

All men by nature desire to know.

Aristotle

In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted.

Michael Musto

It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law.

Pope Gregory VII

The school system, custodian of print culture, has no place for the rugged individual. It is, indeed, the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing.

Marshall McLuhan