#oak

I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#i #met #never #person #poor

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#better #calamities #character #elasticity #escapes

A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#great power #himself #his #interest #ivy

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#best #best way #cloak #conveys #deceive

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#atmosphere #city #could #field #forbes

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#different #many #much #read #soak

I thank Heaven every summer's day of my life, that my lot was humbly cast within the hearing of romping brooks, and beneath the shadow of oaks. ↗

— Donald G. Mitchell

#brooks #cast #day #every #hearing

That life is far too short to waste on grudges. Love does not come along often. When it does, you can’t throw it away because it isn’t perfect. ↗

— Sophie Oak

#siren-beloved #sophie-oak #life

There comes a time in every young girl's life when she is instructed by a complete stranger to scale a tall ladder for dinner atop a roof, and in almost every case the best thing to do is refuse and run home to call the asylum from which the stranger escaped. ↗

— Gina Damico

#life

Linda Boone; Intimate Life Lessons: developing the intimacy with God you already have. ↗

— Linda Boone

#intimacy #real-love #soaking #life