Wailings Quotes

#1. They would never know how lucky they had been. For a lifetime, mankind had achieved as much happiness as any race can ever know. It had been the Golden Age. But gold was also the color of sunset, of autumn: and only Karellen's ears could catch the first wailings of the winter storms.

Arthur C. Clarke

#2. Yes, this is life; and everywhere we meet,
Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat.

Elizabeth Oakes Smith

#3. The more fervently we pray, the more the Lord shows mercy upon them that we pray for, removing the reasons for cries and wailings

Sunday Adelaja

#4. Strictures, reproaches, and intemperate speeches from the Senator of Louisiana are really the wailings of an apostle of despair; he has lost control of himself, he is trying to play billiards with elliptical billiard balls and a spiral cue.

Huey Long

#5. Stating the obvious is not interesting.

Virginia Nelson

#6. That, ladies and gentlemen, is called denial. Ain't she a bitch?

M. Leighton

#7. In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs and their backers got drunk on the overflowing optimism and abundant venture capital and threw a two-year-long party. Capital was cheap, opportunities seemed limitless, and pineapple-infused-vodka martinis were everywhere.

Brad Stone

#8. Moral courage is higher and a rarer virtue than physical courage.

William Slim

#9. Life is a running car with an unfillable fuel tank.

Debasish Mridha

#10. The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, "When I grow up, I want to be just like my dad." It is a convicting responsibility for us fathers and grandfathers.

Billy Graham

#11. There's only certain things you can control. I know how hard I work, I know how I take care of myself, and those are the two things I can control. As far as injuries and wear and tear and stuff like that, it's going to happen.

Jon Lester

#12. I was spending way too much time thinking about me and what I needed to do, and far too little time thinking about Jesus and what he had already done for me.

Tullian Tchividjian

#13. You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors you want to work with, doing little movies. There are no guarantees. I'm trying to sign up and do movies that I'll be proud of, if it's my last one. That's how I think about it.

Robert Pattinson

#14. When a painting I'm working on becomes my singular focus - when I am "in the zone," as I've heard people put it - a trancelike state will sometimes overtake me.

Wally Lamb

#15. I dont wish it were easier. I just wish I was better

Shalane Flanagan

#16. The taste of moon's song.

Cameron Conaway