Things Quotes
My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.
The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.
For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.
And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.
Things may happen around you, and things may happen to you, but the only things that matter are the things that happen in you.
For perfect love casteth out fear, and fear can only be from the material things that soon must fade away. And thus hold to the higher thought of eternity. For life is a continual experience.
I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.
It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.
I’m not sure what I’ll do, but— well, I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.
I generally think if you do good things for people in the world, that comes back and you benefit from it over time.
There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life-happiness, freedom and peace of mind-are always attained by giving them to someone else.
Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery.
I always knew that there were huge opportunities for me, and that I had a lot of potential to do a lot of different things, but I also knew it was about my execution and my application of skills.
Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.
People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.
I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery.
Great cooking is about being inspired by the simple things around you - fresh markets, various spices. It doesn't necessarily have to look fancy.
I always tell my employees, the busier it gets, the slower you should cook. When you run around like a crazy person, that's when things go wrong.
There are three things to leave behind; your photographs, your library, and your personal journals. These things are certainly going to be more valuable to future generations than your furniture!
The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them.
True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.
Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can't do anything to hurt me.
One of the most beautiful things in the world I've ever seen or heard is people laughing, even when there seems to be so little reason for them to laugh.
Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.
Our borders and our obstacles can only do two things: (1) stop us in our tracks, or (2) force us to get creative.
All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.
If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it.
Remember that good things come in threes and so do bad things and always apologize when you've done something wrong but don't you ever apologize for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining.
Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.
People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances.
Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that’s my job. But argue with women in love—no thank you!
If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common sense.
Christian love means two things at once: to recognize the Lord in one's neighbor and to recognize one's neighbor in the Lord.
Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.
I went with an exorcist for a bit. I just want to know really practical things, like how do you hold someone possessed by the devil.
Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing.
