Famous Quotes

You are alone. But you seems not afraid- though you weary with your groaning; wandering far off in the wilderness and your eyes, consumed because of your grief; waxed old while you're still young.

~ Compton Gage

To be a great warrior is not enough. Flesh and blood, however skilled, can be destroyed... you must be more than just a man in minds of your opponents.

~ Compton Gage

I saw under the sun the place of judgement, …that wickedness was there; And the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. …I said in mine heart, 'Who shall judge the righteous and the wicked:' for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.

~ Compton Gage

It is right that one must come so far to see the world as it is meant to be.

~ Compton Gage

Purity. Serenity... Solitude: What you ought to uphold. But the important thing is whether you believe it.

~ Compton Gage

All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

~ Compton Gage

There is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, 'See, this is new?' it had been already of old time, which was before us.

~ Compton Gage

Patience! It is not how quickly you run, but how slowly.

~ Compton Gage

You are created invisible spiritually, and invisibility is largely a matter of patience.

~ Compton Gage

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

~ Compton Gage

The thing that had been, it is that which shall be; And that which is done is that which shall be done.

~ Compton Gage

To conquer fear, you must become fear.

~ Compton Gage

To conquer fear, you must become fear - you must bask in the fear of the BOOK... and men fear most what they cannot see- The Power of the Book is spiritual.

~ Compton Gage

Death does not wait for you to be ready.

~ Compton Gage

Death is not considerate, or fair.

~ Compton Gage

Today, death is your opponent.

~ Compton Gage

It is not enough to be a man.

~ Compton Gage

There is such a thing as too much loss. Too much has been taken from you both - taken and taken and taken, until there's nothing left but hope, and you've given that up because it hurts too much. Until you would rather die, or kill, or avoid attachments altogether, than lose one more thing.

~ N.k. Jemisin

I don’t know why everyoneis still trying to find out whether heaven and hell exist.Why do we need more evidence?They exist here on this very Earth.Heaven is standing atop Mount Qasiounoverlooking the Damascene sightswith the wind carrying Qabbani’sdulcet words all around you.And hell is only four hours away in Aleppo where children’s cries drown out the explosions of mortar bombsuntil they lose their voice,their families, and their limbs.Yes, hell certainly does existright now, at this moment,as I pen this poem. And all we’re doingto extinguish this hellfireis sighing, shrugging, liking, and sharing.Tell me: what exactly does that makeus? Are we any better than the gatekeepers of hell?

~ Kamand Kojouri

As long as I fight, I am moved by hope; and if I fight with hope, then I can wait.

~ Paulo Freire

Hope shines like a candle in the darkness. Keep the flame alive.

~ Debasish Mridha

You'd think that a redheaded boy with glasses who was named Howard and had an up-down walk would have a lot more to wish for than being friends with me. But I admit I felt a smile on my face and hope in my heart, 'cause maybe wishes really do come true. Maybe some wishes just take longer than others.

~ Barbara O'connor

The only thing worse than unrealized hope is no hope.

~ Ken Poirot

We carry on not by letting go of the worries that burden us, but by staying true to our hearts & the meaning that surrounds us.

~ Robert Vanleeuwen

A dream so vibrant,A dream so blissful;I hold it close to my heart.In anxious nights,And days of hope;These years have passed solely.One day the dream to turn true- If only!

~ Somya Kedia

We grow not through the words we read or the lessons we see, but through the love we feel & and the paths we lead.

~ Robert Vanleeuwen

The true character of a man is not seen through his choices, but the passion in his heart.

~ Robert Vanleeuwen

L'espoir est la chose la plus difficile à tuer dans le cœur d'une femme amoureuse.

~ Diane Ducret

Your heart is your life. What keeps you going and what gives you hope. So wherever it leads you, whatever or whoever it lives for. Keep the beat.

~ Robert Vanleeuwen

For there comes a day on which we will see a mirror of judgement; to gaze not on man, but within ourselves. what cometh on that day in you? truth or despair? love or hate?

~ Robert Vanleeuwen

There was a moment when any hope within me froze solid and I was finally emptied of all energy to fight the cold. And at the very point of that very surrender, when I became convinced that I must bow to a world that would be forever frigid, God cupped the hands of my soul and poured in the warmth of Christmas.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

When love begs hatred & sorrow, show it your heart. For what you sow you reap, what you feel you seek.

~ Robert Vanleeuwen

We're all a part of this world, and it's up to us to make this one chance at living - living worth while. But the only way to do that is by doing it together.

~ Robert Vanleeuwen

The train brings out some of the best and the worst memories of my life. I like to watch the train. It makes me sad but gives hope as well. It connects me to my family, which I abandoned many years ago. I fled away from my family and home by a train only.

~ Ravi Ranjan Goswami

Devotion to material possession, control or power; is the sole reason for hate. Devotion to the heart ... the sole reason for love.

~ Robert Vanleeuwen

Hope is the little bird that continues to sing the songs of possibilities in your heart when everything else says to give up.

~ Debasish Mridha

Hope is a little candle that continues to flicker in the heart in the darkest moments of impossibility.

~ Debasish Mridha

Hope is an all seeing eye that triangles the eternal humbleness in our existence. Hope is what makes us smile through our unwavering faith. When we hope, we organize our details to become conscious citizens of the world.

~ Luis Enrique Cavazos

It is thus that man, with fervent imagination, can endue the rough stone with loveliness, forge the mis-shapen metal into a likeness of all that wins our hearts by exceeding beauty, and breathe into a dissonant trump soul-melting harmonies. The mind of man—that mystery, which may lend arms against itself, teaching vain lessons of material philosophy, but which, in the very act, shows its power to play with all created things, adding the sweetness of its own essence to the sweetest, taking its ugliness from the deformed.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Youth, elastic and bright, disdains to be compelled. When conquered, from its very chains it forges implements for freedom; it alights from one baffled flight, only again to soar on untired wing towards some other aim. Previous defeat is made the bridge to pass the tide to another shore; and, if that break down, its fragments become stepping stones. It will feed upon despair, and call it a medicine which is to renovate its dying hopes.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley