S.A. David Quotes

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.

The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

The courageous conversation is the one you don't want to have.

Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then.

The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.

Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

I was sometimes called 'coconut' when I was at school.

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it.

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism.

Prior to Roe , ... whether one could obtain a legal abortion in the face of an unwanted pregnancy was a crap shoot. For 30 years now, it's been a constitutionally guaranteed right

Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.

The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move

I love to live on the brink of eternity.

The invocation of social necessity should alert us. It contains the seeds for Marx's critique of political economy as well as for his dissection of capitalism.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

In cyberspace, 95 per cent of what you read is hearsay.

They say there are about 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. But if you ask a Native American, that number is more like 300 million.

In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.

Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic.

The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they're not, we cry.

Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?

Church should be a place where love is evident, God delivers, lives are changed, hearts are healed, and families restored.

True freedom from fear consists of totally resigning one's life into the hands of the Lord.

How earthy old people become --moldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of immortality in it. They remind me of earthworms and mole crickets.

Remember, life is just a game and no one gets out alive

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.

Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

If I were forced to sum up in one sentence what the Copenhagen interpretation says to me, it would be 'Shut up and calculate!'

You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

What you can plan is too small for you to live. What you can live wholeheartedly will make plans enough for the vitality hidden in your sleep.

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

People will say, 'There are a million ways to shoot a scene,' but I don't think so. I think there are two, maybe. And the other one is wrong.

Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially.

Be mindful of your self-talk. It's a conversation with the universe.

We only dream of images we already have inside of us.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.

Sympathy is no substitute for action.

Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.

Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears.

Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.

Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.