Quotes of William McIlvanney

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Good lies need a leavening of truth to make them palatable.

- William McIlvanney

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“ Don't worry when people only bring up your past. It's only because your present and future looks brighter and better than theirs ”

- Kimberking

“ Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. ”

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ”

- Stephen King

“ It is easier to believe a lie than to claim parts of you that have been scattered and buried. Your willingness to search for what's been lost merely points to how immensely powerful you are. ”

- Kirstyn Lazur

“ and then I look deep into your eyes and we melt into each other and enjoy that melting, like those things that belong together... (fragment from Passion beneath, chapter Passion) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ Nothing is over for good! You either take with you memories, love, lesson or an experience. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ The only time we can effect an action is now. So learn from the past, have a vision for your future but act NOW. Today will soon be your past so don’t miss your present. ? ”

- Andrea McGibbon

“ It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams. ”

- Jocelyn Soriano

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ It is now how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. ”

- Unknown

“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. ”

- Paul Hawken

“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

“ If you are too busy to pray, you are busier than God wants you to be. ”

- Wanda E. Brunstetter

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Confidence is how we perceive the manifestation of truth in us. ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ To the wellorganized mind, death is but the next great adventure. ”

- J.K. Rowling

“ There’s only so many variations on the basics of human relationships. To me, it’s all about the detail and how you tell the story. How you say, ‘I love you.’ ”

- K. Flay