Olanders Smith Quotes

#1. I won't say that writing is therapy, but for me, the act of writing is therapy. The ability to be productive is good for my mental health. It's always better for me to be writing than vegetating on some couch.

Raymond E. Feist

#2. Righteous Lord, I have many who falsely accuse me. Defend me from them! But I also know my sin, and my heart rightly accuses me. I rest in Jesus's atoning death for me.

Timothy J. Keller

#3. I've always viewed history as my personal treasure chest.

Sara Sheridan

#4. The club of Marlott alone lived to uphold the local Cerealia. It had walked for hundreds of years, if not as benefit-club, as votive sisterhood of some sort; and it walked still.

Thomas Hardy

#5. Art saved my life in two ways. It made me feel special, because I could do things my friends couldn't, but it also gave me a way to demonstrate to my teacher that, despite the fact that I couldn't write a paper or do math, I was paying attention.

Chuck Close

#6. It is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will--a willing sacrifice.

Rick Warren

#7. I have never held myself back because of poverty or the judgment of man to get a job completed. My ability, my heart, and mind have always gone beyond the boundaries of others' expectations of me.

Patricia H. Graham

#8. There is no detour to holiness, Jesus came to the resurrection through the cross, not around it.

Leighton Ford

#9. Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.

Paulo Coelho

#10. Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That's the key.

Jack LaLanne

#11. There is room for everyone; there is room for every culture, race, language and point of view.

Desmond Tutu

#12. It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.

Benito Mussolini

#13. She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

Joseph Heller

#14. Did anybody say anything about being flawless? Perfection is
an absolutely different word, magnificently left hanging for the human being's kind benefit throughout the ages!

J.D. Salinger

#15. This bored fantastic woman, with her animal nature, giving herself the pleasure of seeing her enemy struck down, not a particularly keen one for her because she is so weary of having all her desires satisfied.

Gustave Moreau