"Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity."

--

Source : Samuel Richardson (1820). “Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life : and Particularly Shewing the Distresses that May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, in Relation to Marriage”, p.255

Samuel Richardson

#Mother Quotes #Integrity Quotes #May Quotes

“Love, I would later conclude, was all things to all people. Love was the breaking and healing of hearts. Love was misunderstood, love was faith, love was the promise of now that became hope for the future. Love was a rhythm, a resonance, a reverberation. Love was awkward and foolish, it was aggressive and simple and possessed of so many indefinable qualities it could never be conveyed in language. Love was being. The same gravity that relentlessly pulled at me was defied as I rose into something that became everything.”

Source : R. J. Ellory (2010). “A Quiet Belief in Angels: A Novel”, p.221, The Overlook Press
“I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.”
“I've never had any health problems and I'm Ruben, man, all the way through.”
“Look at my arms, you will find no party hand-cuff on them.”
“We have embarked globally on a path of unsustainable development. Our lifestyles, the way we produce goods and services, are all part of a system that is completely unsustainable. I see solutions to climate change leading to a much larger philosophical shift in the way human society develops. We need a new matrix to define what human progress is.”

Source : "Nobel peace prize winner: 'It's all about green energy'" by Rajendra K. Pachauri, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2009.
“I'm always open to somebody else having a better idea, but I feel like, if it feels real, then people aren't thinking about it and they're just doing the acting of it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“GodQuest is a awesome resource to explore life's most important questions in a authentic way. It's filled with practical and useful information for both individuals and groups and encourages taking honest steps on the journey with God. I believe many will read it and discover, or re-discover, the God who is our hope!”
“However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.”

You may also like:

Daniel Defoe
Writer
Eliza Haywood
Writer
Henry Fielding
Novelist
Jane Austen
Novelist
Jonathan Swift
Pamphleteer
Laurence Sterne
Novelist
Samuel Johnson
Writer
Thomas Love Peacock
Novelist
Tobias Smollett
Poet