Untraversed Quotes

#1. You nurslings of Protestantism astonish me. You unguarded Englishwomen walk calmly amidst red-hot ploughshares and escape burning. I believe, if some of you were thrown into Nebuchadnezzar's hottest furnace you would issue forth untraversed by the smell of fire.

Charlotte Bronte

#2. The idea of brotherhood re-dawns upon the world with a broader significance than the narrow association of members in a sect or creed.

Helen Keller

#3. We went across the South on Super Tuesday without a single catcall or boo, without a single ugly sign. Not until we got to New York and the North did the litmus test of race and religion spout from the mouths of public officials.

Jesse Jackson

#4. Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake.

Joan Blades

#5. I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There I taught myself to make and later design furniture. I have continued to go my own way, always consciously needing to feel that I am moving forward.

David Trubridge

#6. In my experience, the romance novels written about BDSM have about as much in common with actual BDSM relationships as a child playing with a jump rope.

Nenia Campbell

#7. Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same.

Leo Tolstoy

#8. For me, music was always a second language. I didn't have a musical background, and I started studying very late, at fourteen.

Garth Greenwell

#9. The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You've been forgiven, and you can forgive others.

Rick Warren

#10. I am proud to be an African.

Brenda Fassie

#11. Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.

Neil Patrick Harris

#12. The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

Ben Hogan

#13. It's easier to spew hatred, but actually watching yourself doing it is a whole different story.

Imani Wisdom

#14. The music critic Harold Schonberg goes further: Mozart, he argues, actually "developed late," since he didn't produce his greatest work until he had been composing for more than twenty years.

Malcolm Gladwell

#15. One should be kinder than needed. What I love that line, that concept, is that it reminds me that we carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindess.

R.J. Palacio