Category: Quote of the Day

“The past might hurt but don’t run from it, repeat it, or punish others for it. Learn from it and be glad that you survived it.” ? Rob Liano

“The only true dead are those who have been forgotten.” ? Jason S. Hornsby, Eleven Twenty-Three

“He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true; but they were human.” ? William Golding, Lord of the Flies

“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” Mark 9:23-24 (KJV)

“An old horse, an old bird, an old man, an old tree, they all represent a great survival in the jungle of cosmos; they deserve to be applauded and respected!” ? Mehmet Murat ildan

“Survival of the generic.” ? Siobhan Vivian, The List

“Though the captives’ resistance was dangerous, through such acts, dignity was preserved, and through dignity, life itself.” ? Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

“They had survived, when so many had not. And no one else could understand what it was like to bear it, unless they had lost as much.” ? Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“They had taken to the movement unlike anything he had ever seen, and he thought that should this venture of the Jews prove successful, the new state would be filled with dancers and musicians, but especially dancers, for dancing like nothing else says: I am still alive.” ? Mark Helprin, Refiner’s Fire

“And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.” Mark 9:2-4 (KJV)

“And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.” Leviticus 9:22-24 (KJV)

“Until they rip us apart, and even then, I’ll fight.” ? Lindsay Cummings, The Murder Complex

“Louie was furious at the sharks. He had thought that they had an understanding:The men would stay out of the sharks’ turf – the water – and the sharks would stay off of theirs – the raft. That the sharks had taken shots at him when he had gone overboard, and when the raft had been mostly submerged after the strafing, had seemed fair enough. But their attempt to poach men from their reinflated raft struck Louie as dirty pool. He stewed all night, scowled hatefully at the sharks all day, and eventually made a decision. if the sharks were …

“Consider bonsai There but for constricting bowl Would be a giant.” ? Dianne Bates, The Girl in the Basement

“Art is inextricably tied to man’s survival – not to his physical survival, but to that on which his physical survival depends: to the preservation and survival of his consciousness.” ? Ayn Rand