"Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God."

“Revival is an infusion of new spiritual life imparted by the Holy Spirit to existing parts of Christ's body.”

“What delights us in the spring is more a sensation than an appearance, more a hope than any visible reality. There is something in the softness of the air, in the lengthening of the days, in the very sounds and odors of the sweet time, that caresses us and consoles us after the rigorous weeks of winter.”

Source : Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1882). “The Sylvan Year: Leaves from the Note Book of Roaul Dubois. [Also The Unknown River. An Etcher's Voyage of Discovery]”

“If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine.”

“Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don't.”

“I'm an artist at heart.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“In boxing, I had a lot of fear. Fear was good. But, for the first time, in the bout with Muhammad Ali, I didnt have any fear. I thought, This is easy. This is what Ive been waiting for. No fear at all. No nervousness. And I lost.”

“Reality is always too complicated - that's why it's ungraspable.”

“There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.”

Source : Mary Renault (2013). “The Charioteer: A Virago Modern Classic”, p.71, Hachette UK