Quotes of Cecil Day Lewis

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No good poem, however confessional is may be, is just a self-expression. Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?

- Cecil Day Lewis

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“ My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be... Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon... Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity. ”

- Ezra

“ Love yourself, whatever makes you different, and use it to make you stand out. Mine is my voice and the fact that I’m gay: well, the fact that I’m flamboyantly gay. ”

- Ross Mathews

“ I've always kept one emotional suitcase packed. With you, I live out of one, every day, and I keep a cab on speed dial. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ What I stand for is what I stand on. ”

- Wendell Berry

“ Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will?? ”

- Marilyn Monroe

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ An early. morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ Nothing that is perfect can be taught ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ God's plans for you are always good and purposeful. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

“ That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do. ”

- RuPaul

“ Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON. ”

- John Paul Warren

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus! ”

- Neal A. Maxwell

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ No,' Nora said, almost in a whisper. 'It's because ' she looked carefully for the words 'you didn't stare at me. I saw you blush, and you immediately lowered your eyes. And I should have been embarrassed, ashamed... but I, I just felt safe, and I stood there unafraid.' She closed her eyes, taking in all the feelings of gratitude she had for that moment. 'That's when I knew I could trust you in a way that I didn't know was possible. ”

- Hani Selim

“ Some symbols reach to your primordial archives. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine