Desmonds Old African Sayings

#1. We live in a competitive society. To pretend that it is not there is ridiculous. That is how the whole planet is set up. If you are not competitive, you do not succeed, you do not survive.

Frederick Lenz

#2. If they who understand the utmost refinement of any art will enjoy the perfection of it in a manner superior to other men, will they not amply pay for that advantage in feeling more than other men the imperfection of it, which in the natural course of things must so much oftener fall in their way?

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

#3. There is no such thing as high returns without risk.

Gerry Schwartz

#4. What's the point of a spark of light if it stands alone? The key is, and will always be, synergy. Without it, each and every light being will forever feel broken, misplaced, and internally crippled.

Suzy Kassem

#5. The words must be heartfelt and come from the heart. Only then one can write amazing things.

Liv-Christine Hoem

#6. The best thing about talking to yourself is at least you know you're listening. With anyone else, you can never really be sure. 08-10-2012

Jan Thomas

#7. The goal of revival is conformity to the image of Christ, not imitation of animals.

Richard Lovelace

#8. There are many ways to fall down, but there's only one way to stand up straight.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#9. But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering.

Alan Watts

#10. Being a Dad is the greatest, except for assembling things.

Conan O'Brien

#11. Rugby is a game for barbarians played by gentlemen. Football is a game for gentlemen played by barbarians.

Oscar Wilde

#12. In 2008, Barack Obama had all the wind at his back, everything going for him. He was an African-American at a time when the country was eager to do that. The Republicans had, in the view of many of us, pretty much disgraced themselves at home and abroad for eight years.

George Will

#13. But the fact is, as one grows close to death, the only thing that matters is family. I hope you can see that.

David Baldacci

#14. Your family is depending on you. No better reason to bring all your game all the time.

Grant Cardone