Venda Quotes

#1. It is the black poet who bridges the gap in tradition, who modifies tradition when experience demands it, who translates experience into meaning and meaning into belief.

Henry Louis Gates

#2. His bite will be cruel, but his tongue cunning,
His breath seductive, but his grip deadly.
The Dragon knows only hunger, never sated,
Only thirst, never quenched.
- Song of Venda

Mary E. Pearson

#3. The old men shall dream dreams,
The young maids will see visions,
The beast of the forest will turn away,
They will see the child of misery coming,
And make clear the path.
- Song of Venda

Mary E. Pearson

#4. How old are you? 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.

George Carlin

#5. To love and be loved. That is the meaning of life.

Cheryl Strayed

#6. I pace myself by taking a week-long vacation every four months.

Marissa Mayer

#7. What is behind you is gone, what is in front of you awaits.

Alice Hoffman

#8. I think I can be closed in. I can close this outer shell, cut myself off and be quite cold. I can cut other people off if I need to. I don't think I'm angry, though ... Maybe my wife would disagree.

John Simm

#9. There is one true history And one true future. Listen well, For the child sprung from misery Will be the one to bring hope. From the weakest will come strength. From the hunted will come freedom. - Song of Venda

Mary E. Pearson

#10. From this simple phenomenon, this idea of saying something twice, more often, as often as possible, in order to make oneself understood - the most artful things developed ... the principle of repetition!

Anton Webern

#11. For we must not just be ready,
for the enemy without,
but also for the enemy within.
And so shall it be,
Sisters of my heart,
Brothers of my soul,
Family of my flesh,
For evermore.

Mary E. Pearson

#12. Do you know what it is to be really intimate, to feel safe with someone who will never betray you, will never force you to act unlike yourself? That was what we had.

James Salter

#13. There comes a time when loneliness is stronger than fear.

Christopher Buehlman

#14. From the seed of the thief
The Dragon will rise,
the gluttonous one,
feeding on the blood of babes,
Drinking the tears of mothers.
- Song of Venda

Mary E. Pearson

#15. I would never betray Venda."
"Sometimes we're all pushed to do things we thought we could never do.

Mary E. Pearson

#16. You can't let your employees work from home out of fear they'll slack off without your supervision, you're a babysitter, not a manager. Remote work is very likely the least of your problems.

Jason Fried

#17. God will do everything possible to help you, to prepare you for what he had called you to do.

Sunday Adelaja