Quotes of Mortar - somelinesforyou

“ To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar. ”

- St. Teresa of Avila

“ Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and the use establish the life you experience. ”

- Sonia Croquette

“ The past is never completely lost, however extensive the devastation. Your sorrows are the bricks and mortar of a magnificent temple. What you are today and what you will be tomorrow are because of what you have been. ”

- Gordon Wright

“ Those who actually set out to see the fall of a city or those who choose to go to a front line, are obviously asking themselves to what extent they are cowards. But the tests they set themselves — there is a dead body, can you bear to look at it? — are nothing in comparison with the tests that are sprung on them… ”

- James Fenton

“ Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house. ”

- Benjamin Britten
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