History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.
There may be a great fire in our hearts yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
Health care reform the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term was passed before we entered the world of divided government.
It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.
If you pursue good with labor the labor passes away but the good remains if you pursue evil with pleasure the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
Suffering passes while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God I believe in the universe. I believe you are god I believe I am god I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god.
My mission is a cosmic mission. My concern is for all of humanity and not only this present world but the world hereafter. My mission penetrates the past present and future and encompasses all humanity.
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
To the citizens of Israel I say: we have passed difficult years faced the most painful experiences and overcame them. The future lies before us. We are required to take difficult and controversial steps but we must not miss the opportunity to try to achieve what we have wished for for so many years: security tranquillity and peace.
Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we boldly seize the moment with singular unity. And may we build a Texas of unlimited possibility.
Everyone comes up to me saying 'Cooee Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think 'Ooh love go easy.' For a time I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny but it passes.
If I studied all my life I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits beautiful white bread and nice meats and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold.
A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.