Son Quotes - Page 93

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

There's no reason to think that markets always drive people to what's good for them.

My father passed on one important piece of relationship advice before he died. He said son, in a relationship you can either be right or you can be happy. You'll soon find out that you don't care that much about being right.

Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

You have to keep challenging yourself. I've always tried to do that, and I'm not saying I've always been successful. Maybe I've rewritten the same song; it's inevitable, but I've always been mindful of taking the writing somewhere else. You can't stick in your little comfort zone.

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.

Service is a limitless opportunity, it is the reason why we breathe.

It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

We're important, but not essential; valuable, but not indispensable. We have a part in the play, but we are not the main act. A song to sing, but we are not the featured voice. God is.

God is not a respecter of persons but a respecter of principles that are in his word.

Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing.

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

I mean, Lady Gaga is trying to be a freak or whatever but that quality of being very meaningly and heartfelt, but also having a sense of humor about it, bands don't do that anymore. Lady Gaga's songs are cheesy. The Beatles weren't cheesy. That's the hardest thing with music: to not be cheesy, but also be meaningful. That's the goal, I think.

It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning. Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.

If you look around the room, and you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.

As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to write songs from this time of the day to this time of the day." Almost treat it like a real job. I can't do that. I've never been able to write songs like that. You never know when something creative is going to hit you, or emotion or whatever. You can take it, and turn it into something that makes somebody feel something. I love that about my job.

I've had it with these cheap sons of bitches who claim they love poetry but never buy a book.

Sometimes when you push someone, you find out who that person really is.

Make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry that it's not enough for anyone else to hear. Just sing, sing a song

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many different people in the world with a variety of opinions and expectations. I will concentrate on being a God-pleaser and not a self-pleaser or man-pleaser. The rest I leave in Your hands lord. Grant me favor with You and with men and continue transforming me into the image of Your dear Son. Thank You Lord.

I think the only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he is black