I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp.… — Ciaran Carson Copy Share Image
Half the Christian churches of New York are trying to ruin the free public schools in order to replace them by religious… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
By what a delicate and far-stretched contribution every island is made! What an enterprise of nature thus to lay the foundations of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If I was made of chocolate I would melt myself in a car to ruin the interior. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Pedro Teixeira, the great Portuguese merchant-adventurer, wrote a beautiful description of a coffeehouse with windows overlooking the Tigris and the ruins of… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God's plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins. God's love is still… — Eric Liddell Copy Share Image
Over the field rang his clear voice calling: ‘Death! Ride, ride to ruin and the world’s ending! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember your contemporaries who have passed away and were your age. Remember the honors and fame they earned, the high posts they… — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
Power has destroyed many people - not really. Power doesn't destroy anyone. People apply it poorly and it can ruin their lives.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I won't do anything that is connected with drugs. I've seen drugs ruin so many people's lives. I don't think there's anything… — Betty White Copy Share Image
Every time I would arrive in China I would go through a few days of depression from being reminded of both short-term… — Sze Tsung Leong Copy Share Image
Whether Barack Obama is simply incompetent as president or has some hidden agenda to undermine this country, at home and abroad, he… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It is not on the ruin of liberty that we may (in the future... - "pourra", Fr.) build justice. — African Spir Copy Share Image
Do not use intoxicants of any sort. We who should be serving the world should not ruin our health by smoking and… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It’s the lack of limits they can’t… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
But the rest of Jace’s mind is watching the door slam behind her and seeing the final ruin of all his dreams.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The death sentence is a necessary and efficacious means for the Church to attain its end when rebels act against it and… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Do not be inaccessible. None is so perfect that he does not need at times the advice of others. He is an… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Don't slag off other creators or companies. We'll cheerfully mock dumb politicians on Twitter, but we try to never slam another creator's… — Greg Pak Copy Share Image
Every woman whether rich or poor, married or single, has a circle of influence within which, according to her character, she is… — John Angell James Copy Share Image
