"It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige."

-- George Matthew Adams

#Smart Quotes #Character Quotes #Giving Quotes

“That double-headed monster of damnation and salvation--Time.”
“In high school, people are sometimes encouraged to be like everyone else. What's so great about this show is that these kids are weird and different and over-achievers. They know what they want and they're going after it. They're weird and they don't deny it. That's what makes it special.”
“A product which is unceremoniously wasted to landfill at end of life surely can't be considered good design!”
“In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.”
“People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful memories, the regrets may be fewer but stand out more prominently, glowing coals that we can never quite extinguish, try though we might”

Source : Jeffery Deaver (2011). “Edge: A Novel”, p.297, Simon and Schuster
“I changed the past by walking back into it.”
“There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained.”
“Smoking sucks! The one thing I would say to my kid is, 'It's not just that it's bad for you. Do you want to spend the rest of your life fighting a stupid addiction to a stupid thing that doesn't even really give you a good buzz?'”

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