Kourtesis Rooms Quotes

#1. Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

Confucius

#2. The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

William Sloane Coffin Jr.

#3. Benjamin Franklin went through life an altered man because he once paid too dearly for a penny whistle. My concern springs usually from a deeper source, to wit, from having bought a whistle when I did not want one.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#4. I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#5. I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

Billy Graham

#6. I have been listening to sport and watching sport on the BBC since I was a tiny boy.

Allan McNish

#7. It should be remembered that a decline of 50% fully offsets a preceding advance of 100%.

Benjamin Graham

#8. Women who love women, who choose women to nurture and support and to create a living environment in which to work creatively and independently, are lesbians.

Blanche Wiesen Cook

#9. I'd like to think I'm Elizabeth, but deep down I think I'm the one whose name no one can remember. Not Lydia the slut or Mary the nerd or Jane the beauty or Elizabeth the opinionated. I'm the second-youngest. The forgotten one. - Francesca Spinelli

Melina Marchetta

#10. Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.

Epictetus

#11. But know this, the lass will wed you -- her words -- and if you wed another in the interim, it will go badly for you."
Marcus smiled. He loved her and if it was in his power to do so, they would be wed.

Terry Spear

#12. This world is going in all sorts of directions, but I think all you can do is get people to think about things in a different way, because sometimes people aren't even thinking.

Jillian Hervey

#13. Some days, like today, my aim and timing is so true it takes my breath away and I feel certain Mortain's hand guides my own.

Robin LaFevers

#14. God asks us to help each other & be a cheerful giver from your heart to others in need but not to be a fool. Don't ever be a fool

Timothy Pina

#15. I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

Gene Tierney