Quotations Page

“May I forget what ought to be forgotten; and recall, unfailing, all that ought to be recalled, each kindly thing, forgetting what might sting.” ~Mary Caroline Davies

“We learn something everyday, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.” ~Bill Vaughan

“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” ~Anthony Burgess

“Espresso is at the heart of everything we do.” ~Starbucks

“They call me a lost boy, but let me assure you, God has found me,” ~John Bul Dau

“…I have witnessed my share of death and dispair. I have see they hyenas come at dusk and feed on the bodies of my friends. I have been so hungry and thirsty in the dusty plains of Africa, that I consumed things I would rather forget. I have crossed a crocodile-infested river while being shelled and shot at. I have walked until I could walk no more. I have wondered, more times than I can count, if my friends or i would live to see a new day. Those were the times I thought God had grown tired of us…”

~ John Bul Dau from his book, God Grew Tired of Us

” Hold a true friend with both your hands.”   ~ Nigerian Proverb

“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”    ~ Unknown

“It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.” ~ Judith Martin

“Wanting to be someone you’re not is a waste of the person you are.” ~ Kurt Cobain

“But be, as you have been, my happiness.” ~Randall Jarell

“We should not feel ashamed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow something beautiful from them.” ~ Alain de Botton

“Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.” ~ Robert Ingersoll