Top quotes by Jocelyn Murray

There is nothing more painful than the untimely death of someone young and dear to the heart. The harrowing grief surges from a bottomless well of sorrow, drowning the mourner in a torrent of agonizing pain; an exquisite pain that continues to afflict the mourner with heartache and loneliness long after the deceased is buried and gone. Votes: 12

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself Votes: 8

It is not triumph which defines a man, but tragedy. Triumph always brings out the best in men, but tragedy shows us what we are made of. Votes: 7

Even coal shimmers in the light Votes: 5

Suffering is the fire by which love is tested. Votes: 4

There is no treasure like the human heart. Votes: 4

Books are like bound dreams waiting to be released Votes: 4

What good is a smooth tongue without sharp teeth? Votes: 4

Darkness gives free rein to the mind's worst imaginings Votes: 4

What good is a secret if it remains a secret ... Secrets are meant to be discovered... Votes: 4

Sometimes you just have to trust your instincts; it may be all you have to trust. Votes: 4

Hate engenders loneliness and despair Votes: 3

It is the dirt within men's hearts that is most offensive; the filth you cannot see. Votes: 3

Darkness gives free rein to the mind's worst imaginings. Votes: 3

Blood was the mortar that cemented the kingdom Votes: 3

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous. Votes: 3

Survival was more than the preservation of life. It was tenacity in the face of ruin, an unbroken resolve in the midst of defeat, a glimmer of hope in the maelstrom, and peace despite the wreckage. Votes: 1

It is not always the motives behind an action that make it noble. Sometimes it is as simple as the action itself. Votes: 1

It is not his body which makes a man strong, but his spirit. Nothing on the outside, but only that which comes from within. Votes: 1

There are no easy paths in this life. And when troubles arise, we must face them with the same dignity as we do success. Votes: 1

Some journeys lead nowhere, but they set the spirit free Votes: 1

True kindness ennobles the giver Votes: 1

There is no honor in cruelty. Votes: 0

There is no place for innocence on the battlefield. Votes: 0

What is courage without risk... It wouldn't really be courage, would it? Votes: 0

It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most. Votes: 0

When a tree falls it resounds with a thundering crash; and yet a whole forest grows in silence. Votes: 0

Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness Votes: 0

True beauty cannot fail to move the beholder Votes: 0

Some trees are too deeply rooted to move "¦ And if they are uprooted, they will die"¦ Votes: 0

Do not bother yourself with what ifs Votes: 0