Quotes of Melvin Maddocks

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Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

- Melvin Maddocks

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“ If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. ”

- Unknown

“ It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. ”

- John Bytheway

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ 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

“ Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ In the waltz of the leaves in the air In the features of the playful clouds In the nostalgia carried by the wind In Paris alone, I save your love (fragment from Your presence “partout”, chapter Hope) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. ”

- Timothy Keller

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth

“ Nothing that is perfect can be taught ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ The beautiful thing about love is that you just need to plant it once and nurture it and it shall bloom into blossoms that would cover the valleys. ”

- Hermann J. Steinherr

“ Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ It was like I’d met my life’s purpose. Like I’d been hurtling through the cosmos, blind, and without a destiny and he gave me one. He was fated to be the man who would break my heart at last. The heart I’d kept under scrutiny, sheltered, for this long, he tore through the heavy vaults and ripped it right out of my chest. From then on, there was no me, and no him. There was only us. ”

- Ellie Fox

“ Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. ”

- Anonymous

“ And, in the end… The love you take is equal to the love you make. ”

- Paul McCartney

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Your Dreams Matter. Like an athlete trains, so must the student of life. Train the mind, body and spirit, so you may achieve anything. Life is about sharing your dreams/purpose (gifts/passions/talents) with the world and helping others find their way. ”

- Elizabeth SalamancaBrosig

“ You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. ”

- Muhammad Ali

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

- Billy Graham

“ Remember when your heart is empty, don’t fill it with lies and deception. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia