Al Smith Quotes
Happiness does not mean being free from problems and trials, but finding purpose in problems and trials can result in abundant happiness.
Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won’t? - Damon
Yeah, tell me I’m a bottle of single malt scotch, she thought. That’s the way to my heart.
And Meredith and Bonnie, who's going to bend some spoons for us next. I'm going to throw you down a rope… that is, unless Bonnie can levitate you out.
And to see the white flash of Klaus's eyes as he whirled on her. For one stunned instant she stared at him, and then lightning crackled.From an empty sky.
More than anything." Rob persisted. "You'd crawl on your belly over broken glass for her. Easy.
His hope wasn't lost, it was buried, and somehow Prudence Ryland made that old grave seem much more shallow than it once was.
Hope and desire, All unfulfilled, Have more than ropeAnd hangman killed.
Hope-that unshakable golden belief that things can get better- is why I'm here talking to you now. Without it, we are nothing.
You can't enjoy sipping of success without first enduring failure's fire
That's how I want to go. Taking my own way out and totally pissing everybody off at the end.
With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming, "To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116)trans by Robert Thurman
The Angel of Death is always a young person, or a group of young people, you'll begin seeing them left and right soon.
Prate not to me of suicide, Faint heart in battle, not for pride I say Endure, but that such end denied Makes welcomer yet the death that's to be died.
He wasn't supposed to die, ' he cried out, somewhat desperately, petulantly, like a spoiled child. But I could hear other thoughts racing between us.Neither are you.Neither am I.
...the only thing really worth doing in this life is giving love to everyone around you.
Let us pray now for the future dead. Though we do not yet know their names, we know that there shall be far too many of them.
I have read of the great wars of ages past, and men slaughtered by the tens of thousands. And we give but fleeting consideration to their deaths, for it is our nature to banish such thoughts.
Forgiveness is brave, sets us free from darkness, and allows light to shine the sweet fragrance of life into our souls
It is either an exciting or scary time to be a leader.
My Muse sits forlornShe wishes she had not been bornShe sits in the coldNo word she says is ever told.
What a failure her life had been. Would she have lied to God if she’d had more faith, been more righteous? How could she possibly have a son at her age? And yet, if she had believed all along . . .
Disbelief is easy, Kane. It’s faith that takes courage, and character.
In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists.
What is more precious: a thousand answers derived from one question? Or, one answer…from a thousand questions?
You can't hit it out of the park if you're not at the plate
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.
The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.
When you have knowledge, patience, and passion, and pair those with hard work, you will find success -- but don’t ever forget about kindness.
Become a maniac on a mission: How to succeed in any venture or business .
Francie, huddled with other children of her kind, learned more that first day than she realized. She learned of the class system of a great Democracy.
The best defense is a confusing offense.
I realize the thing about a guy you've spent your whole life loving from afar is that even though he's real you've really made most of him up.
