"Some people say that beauty is a curse. It may be true, but I'm sure I should not have at all minded being cursed a little."

--

Mary MacLane

#People Quotes #May Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own character and that of the people becomes worse.”
“Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel.”
“I believe that you measure the health or strength of a church by its sending capacity rather than its seating capacity.”
“Not crazy in a 'let's paint the kitchen bright red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwich, I am God' sort of way. Gone were the days when she would stand on the deck lighting lemon-scented candles without then having to eat the wax.p28”
“We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things....but, there are times when we must stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or in its memory. We listen, and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.”
“Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.”
“Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people.”

Source : "Kevin Durant's Emotional MVP Acceptance Speech: 'I'd Like to Thank God for Changing My Life'" by Eric Corpus, www.christianpost.com. May 7, 2014.
“The world may be as evangelized as it will ever get if we attempt to complete the remaining task with a motivation built around the fleeting feelings of compassion. Mercy can strike a match, but we need emissaries from many lands who are ablaze with the inexhaustible fuel of jealousy for God's glory.”

You may also like:

Bojana Novakovic
Actress
Brian Reynolds Myers
Columnist
David Rees
Cartoonist
Edward Jay Epstein
Journalist
Emily Gould
Author
James Agee
Author
Marie Bashkirtseff
Mary Cassatt
Artist
Steve Stern
Author