Quotes for All
I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can parachute in with checks for \$5 million or \$10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I’m rejecting that premise. Elizabeth Emken
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I … Read more
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Elisabeth Elliot
Even the lifelong traveler knows but an infinitesimal portion of the Earth’s surface. Those who have written best about the land and its wild inhabitants…have often been stay-at-home naturalists…concentrating their attention and affection on a relatively small area. Edwin Way Teale
In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock. Edward Abbey
As the body rolled to the ground Tarzan of the Apes placed his foot upon the neck of his lifelong enemy and, raising his eyes to the full moon, threw back his fierce young head and voiced the wild and terrible cry of his people. Edgar Rice Burroughs
The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity. E. O. Wilson
The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated ‘wholes’ will remain a lifelong challenge. Freeman Patterson
Anyone who’s made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film. Francis Ford Coppola
To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave to track. To do both with excellence is not possible. It is with a sense of sadness and joyous anticipation that I leave track and move on. Florence Griffith Joyner