Quotes 261 till 280 of 537.
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Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.
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My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
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My Turn is the distilled bathwater of Mrs. Reagan's life. It is for the most part sweetish, with a tart edge of rebuke, but disappointingly free of dirt or particulate matter of any kind.
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Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983) -
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.
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No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981) -
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
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No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.
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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
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No matter how cold you are or how hungry you are, you might be warm tomorrow.
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No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.
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No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.
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No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
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No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed.
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No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor, but honest.
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No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
Zora Neale Hurston
American novelist, short story writer, folklorist and anthropologist (1891 - 1960) -
No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better.
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