Famous Quotes

...A canonical leader is someone whose exemplary rule might have appeared to be for the alleviation of the pains and miseries of a particular group, but which in reality is for the advancement of humanism...

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...A legendary leader distinguishes himself as someone who gets ahead of his people from an impasse and futile general consensus, and then finds new grounds that constitute the base from which a unique course of his people’s destiny is charted...

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

...Bad leaders are known to destroy one, more or even all of the foundations of their people’s way of life...

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The precious gems are hidden, it is not easy to find them.

~ Kamaran Ihsan Salih

Life as we know it is merely a dream within dreams.

~ Brandon Garic Notch

Everyone has a story. It is what defines us. Our stories continue to change as we evolve in-and-out of our own skin, changing and manipulating the world around us.

~ Brandon Garic Notch

ON LIVING LIFE WISELY - To make the right choices, you have to be at peace with yourself.

~ Tara Estacaan

If there was one thing I knew, it was that our demons were what shaped who we were. The things we do, the way we act, are all driven by the things we want locked away forever.

~ Barbara C. Doyle

Grades are still important, but they are not the most important things. As clichéd as it is, the things you learn outside class is more important than the textbooks you blindly memorize in time for exams.

~ Marcella Purnama

And I still don’t know what I would do next. I still don’t know how to become an adult. But I know for sure that my parents would be proud of me, proud of their three daughters, no matter what path we choose. And it doesn’t matter if we get lost or choose the wrong path, because what matters is choosing to get back up once again.

~ Marcella Purnama

Sometimes it was during the breaks that the real meditation happened - moments when it was obvious that wisdom is not something you have, but a wave-length you tune in to.

~ Matt Padwick

The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.

~ Brandon Garic Notch

Writing is a bittersweet addiction. The more it drains you; the more replenished you feel, and you crave it even more.

~ Anthea Syrokou

They always come back, but we don’t always answer.

~ Dominic Riccitello

You’ve climbed too many mountains and crossed too many rivers to stop and turn back now.

~ Eleanor Brownn

Everybody has a right to their own troubles.

~ Thornton Wilder

The glory of youth is their strength.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Learn when to talk and when to listen. If you're unsure, listen.

~ J. Kyle Mcneal

A man who would give advice without understanding is a fool.

~ J. Kyle Mcneal

Having no curiosity can be a dangerous thing..

~ Nanette L. Avery

Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn't touch him, he made straight for any goal he set himself, however rarified and dazzling, even if it were folly for anyone else to even consider it.

~ Alexandre Dumas

The breath of being is been able to share your bread.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When one door closes, a window opens and then zombies pile in and bite you in the ass.

~ Unknown

I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and now.

~ Bertrand Russell

Here is the test of wisdom, Wisdom is not finally tested in schools, Wisdom cannot be pass’d from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof, Applies to all stages and objects and qualities and is content, Is the certainty of the reality and immortality of things, and the excellence of things; Something there is in the float of the sight of things that provokes it out of the soul.

~ Walt Whitman

Solomon had a good thing going. He asked for wisdom and he got it, riches, and power. I think I'm going to ask for wisdom too.

~ Jochebed Gwamna

Motherhood isn't just about making babies, it's about making lives and molding destinies.

~ Agu Jaachynma N.e.

Because if works doesn't mean that it's right, once can be successfully wrong~Dad to his Son...(Psalms 37:7)

~ Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

The wise learn from their own mistakes, the smart from others mistake, but the great learn from others people's success. What are you?

~ Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

Not every good idea is God's perfect will for you; it may need discerning, wisdom and experience to tell the difference.

~ Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

The mystery of the moment is indescribable.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

My past still haunts me when I sleep, although I saw that - much to my surprise- his does as well.

~ Zack Love

But then, as I looked in the mirror, I became fixated on some hairs near my carotid artery that were still there. I pushed the blade deep against my neck to shave them off, and then blood squirted out.

~ Zack Love

A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.

~ Zack Love

The lead-up to the moment was magical in every respect, but a part of me was, and still is, uneasy about the whole thing for many reasons.

~ Zack Love

Instead of complaining, discover ways, tactics and tricks on how to reach out to people

~ Sunday Adelaja

Truth was something intangible, unseen, which sometimes we stumbled upon and did not recognize, but was found, and held, and understood only by old people near their death, or sometimes by the very pure, the very young.

~ Daphne Du Maurier

Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don’t want to be a slave to external powers.

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Any society which enjoins its members to adhere to both of these (politeness and truth) is a fraud.

~ Idries Shah

What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?

~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando