A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Votes: 2
Joseph CampbellWhen a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. Votes: 2
William ShakespeareIf the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. Votes: 2
Thomas AquinasA father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. Votes: 2
Frank A. ClarkMan's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good. Votes: 1 Blaise Pascal
Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old Scripture-reader who spent a part of his time in the parish of Killinane, teaching such scholars as he could find to read their own language in the hope that they might turn to the only book then being printed in Irish, the Bible. Votes: 1 Lady Gregory
As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules over the whole earth, maketh the clouds his chariot, and reigns above the waterfloods as a king. Votes: 1 Annie Besant
We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence. Votes: 1 L. Lionel Kendrick
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. Votes: 1 H. L. Mencken
Dustfinger closed his eyes and listened. He was home again. Votes: 3 Cornelia Funke
One thing that was really dope for me was that my dad had a '78 Corvette, '78 or '76 Corvette all my life. It always needed to be fixed up. I remember it's just been sitting in the driveway for years, and I got it fixed from top to bottom for his birthday. Votes: 1 Sevyn Streeter
I've always wanted to buy a sports car. After the England series, I went up to my dad and said that I wanted to buy a sports car and got his consent. On his birthday, I surprised him by bringing it home. It's a Porsche Boxter Limited Edition, and my family was thrilled to see it. Votes: 1 Suresh Raina
All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. That isn't enough to make our lives have a meaning. Votes: 1 Yamamoto Tsunetomo
God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement. Votes: 1 Charles Stanley
God has his plan, and I'm just going along with it. Votes: 1 Kimberly Quinn
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His. Votes: 1 Roger Ebert
The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes. Votes: 1 Mary Astell
The life-giving preacher is a man of God, whose heart is ever athirst for God, whose soul is ever following hard after God, whose eye is single to God, and in whom by the power of God's Spirit the flesh and the world have been crucified, and his ministry is like the generous flood of a life-giving river. Votes: 1 Edward McKendree Bounds
The sheik is, thank God, still alive and this hurts Bush who promised to his people to kill Osama. Votes: 1 Mohammed Omar
Jesus is not only the Son of God, but He is God Himself. Having all power in His hands, He laid down His life for people who deserved God's justice, not His mercy. Votes: 2 Monica Johnson
The Israelites frequently forsook God, and he as frequently forsook them. But when they repented and returned to him, he remembered his covenant and delivered them from their distresses. Votes: 1 Adoniram Judson
God is so unique in giving His people ways to fellowship, witness, and remember what a mighty and merciful God He is. Votes: 1 Monica Johnson
A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people. Votes: 1 Billy Ray Cyrus
The Jews did not go into darkness all at once. It was a gradual work, until they could not discern the gift of God in sending his Son. Votes: 1 Ellen G. White
God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own. Votes: 1 Johannes Tauler
Loads of weirdos send me things, like strange bits of leather. And then there was the guy who thought I was having his baby. Apparently, he's been writing to Princess Anne too, so I clearly belong to a good, erm, sub-section of society. Votes: 3 Konnie Huq
The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat. Votes: 2 Sam Snead
The process was remarkably cathartic. I'd sit and listen to my father's voice - having not heard some of these tapes for 30 years and hearing his voice laying me down for a nap, our giggles and cooking dinner - and I remembered all those wonderful days. Normal days. Votes: 3 Jennifer Grant
There are two marriages, then, in every marital union, his and hers. And his ... is better than hers. Votes: 3 Jessie Bernard
A minister of Jesus Christ should not be regardless of his attitude. If he is the representative of Jesus Christ, his deportment, his attitude, his gestures, should be of that character which will not strike the beholder with disgust. Votes: 4 Ellen G. White
He stared down at me, and i examined his beautiful eyes up close, something i'd never tire of doing. Votes: 3 Tammara Webber
For this beauty, beauty without strength, chokes out life. Votes: 3 Hilda Doolittle
I love photography. My boyfriend's got a great camera, which I bought for his birthday. Votes: 4 Sarah Sutton
A slow smile began on Gideon's face, and his blue eyes sparkled. With a shake of his head, he put his hand on his chest, as if the sight of her was more than his heart could bear. Votes: 3 Lisa Kleypas
God's Final Message to His Creation: 'We apologize for the inconvenience. Votes: 3 Douglas Adams
Tolkien seems to me reactionary, conservative, fearful of a modern world. Fearful of anything that isn't sanctioned by the passage of long eons of time. I think what I'm doing in His Dark Materials is politically the reverse of that. Votes: 4 Philip Pullman
Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife. Votes: 3 Shelley Winters
Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife. Votes: 1 Shelley Winters
Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes Votes: 3 Immanuel Kant
Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face. Votes: 4 Mikhail Gorbachev
I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend. Votes: 4 Randal Kleiser
God wills in man only that which is good, in the kingdom of his grace; where the free will yields itself up into the grace, there God wills that which is good in the will, through the grace. Votes: 4 Jakob Bohme
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. Votes: 4 Louis Nizer
When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world. Votes: 4 Richard Gere
After his kisses and hugs it feels like without them my body will fall apart into pieces. Votes: 3 Francesca Lia Block
My brother sings. My brother is a singer-songwriter. His name is Parker Ainsworth. He changed his last name to his middle name. Votes: 3 Lauren Worsham
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man. Votes: 4 Fyodor Dostoevsky
The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses. Votes: 3 Bobby Baldwin
Love Christ and put nothing before His Love. He is joy, He is life, He is light. Christ is Everything. He is the ultimate desire, He is everything. Everything beautiful is in Christ. Votes: 3 Elder Porphyrios
Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams. Votes: 3 Georg C. Lichtenberg
My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master. Votes: 4 Malcolm X
Louie brought his new girlfriend over, and the nicest thing I can say about her is all her tattoos are spelled correctly. Votes: 3 Robert Harling
A youth with his first cigar makes himself sick; a youth with his first girl makes other people sick. Votes: 2 Mary Wilson Little
The human person finds his perfection "in seeking and loving what is true and good. Votes: 3 Pope Benedict XVI
Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company. Votes: 4 Conrad Black
The ambassador was never present, but his presence was never absent. Votes: 4 Theodore C. Sorensen
Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell. Votes: 3 Julian Clary
As a child, during the war, I drew Spitfires and Messerschmitts. With Spot, I found that I had designed a fuselage! His spot is on his side, the roundel marking of an English fighter plane, and the color bar of his tail is the color stripes of a plane's rudder. Votes: 1 Eric Hill
Your Wheezy, sir, your Wheezy " Wheezy who is giving Dobby his sweater! Votes: 3 J. K. Rowling
Underneath his sweetness and gentleness was the heat of a volcano. [Michael Faraday] was a man of excitable and fiery nature; but through high self-discipline he had converted the fire into a central glow and motive power of life, instead of permitting it to waste itself in useless passion. Votes: 3 John Tyndall
Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. Votes: 1 Helen Rowland
I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place Take A Look At Yourself, And Then Make A Change Votes: 3 Michael Jackson
She had five tapes from him now - which meant, if her batteries lasted, she had four hundred and fifty minutes to spend with Park in her head, holding his hand. Votes: 3 Rainbow Rowell
He had her in his arms, her face like a wet flower at his lips, and all their vain terrors shriveling up like ghosts at sunrise. Votes: 4 Edith Wharton
It seemed each band member was in his own world. Yet, each was in tune with the other. Votes: 3 Jason Medina
Jesus gives his life for the congregation, not the other way around. Votes: 1 Rob Walton
I don't know why Alzheimer's was allowed to steal so much of my father before releasing him into the arms of death. But I know that at his last moment, when he opened his eyes, eyes that had not opened for many, many days, and looked at my mother, he showed us that neither disease nor death can conquer love. Votes: 1 Patti Davis
I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out. How does he get rid of his trash? He gift wraps it, and puts in into an unlocked car. Votes: 1 Henny Youngman
A man and his dog is a sacred relationship. What nature hath put together let no woman put asunder. Votes: 4 A. R. Gurney
Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but hold you in the palm of his hand. Like, you can't take your eyes off the man when he's on stage, and he could just be sitting there playing his guitar. Votes: 1 Ne-Yo
Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with. Votes: 1 Myriam Miedzian
Perhaps it was the way he'd look at me and smile,Perhaps it was the sound of his voice after being utterly defeated,Perhaps it was the warmth of his touch,Perhaps I've always been in love with you Votes: 4 Tanzy Sayadi
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. Votes: 1 Robert Bly
Me personally, I wouldn't put my kids on television. But to each his own. Votes: 4 Nick Cannon
Everybody looks at his clothes to see what he's wearing. Votes: 1 Tim Hardaway
I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock. Votes: 1 Howard Stern
I went to see Dad in hospital after he had gone through one particularly grueling operation. I walked into the room where he was recovering, and he was sitting up in a chair, wearing his shirt and tie. That was after eight hours of surgery. I found that so moving. Votes: 3 Rachel Joyce
There was this really rock n' roll guy who was very obviously dragged to my concert by his girlfriend. He had tattoos all over, and he was wearing a Metallica T-shirt. He came up to me said it was one of his favorite concerts because I had reached for his heart and dragged it out and put it in front of his face. Votes: 1 Lou Doillon