When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.
Philip Yancey
Related People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to ... MARK BATTERSON Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God — fo... HENRI J.M. NOUWEN And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God. VICTOR HUGO To love another person is to see the face of God. VICTOR HUGO To love another person is to see the face of God. LYSTER To love another person is to see the face of God VICTOR HUGO I never wanted to be a God fearing person. I wanted to grow up and be a person that was fearless for... SHANNON L. ALDER Dear God, I surrender this relationship to you,” means, “Dear God, let me see this person throug... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON I think it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race or because of ... BILLY GRAHAM As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates. PHILLIP E. JOHNSON I believe that miracles happen every day. Every person is a miracle. Every moment is a miracle. If o... BO SANCHEZ When a person partners with God in delivering a miracle to another person, they have done what they ... BRUCE WILKINSON I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of Go... SAINT IGNATIUS Whatever a person may pray for, that person prays for a miracle. Every prayer comes down to this - A... IVAN TURGENEV To love another person is to see the face of God. Les Miserables VICTOR HUGO Who am I? I am that. Nothing can change that. Words, intellect and concepts can never reach that. It... AMIT RAY I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God... JOEL OSTEEN I believe that in this world it is impossible to understand God. PAT BUCKLEY As a person, I believe that I am sensitive, which helped me be the artist I am. NADIA ALI Even after the dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') has gone, people will say, "I saw you eat... DADA BHAGWAN Near, so very near to God,
Nearer I cannot be;
For in the person of his Son
I am as near... CATESBY PAGET I'm a real simple person. I believe that the Bible means what it says, and says what it means. TAMMY FAYE BAKKER I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least. DOROTHY DAY A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with anot... POPE FRANCIS I do believe in God. I don't believe in God as a person, but I believe in God as a state of ener... DAVID DOBKIN Change is not always a good thing. What I need is not change from one thing to another but transform... STEVEN JAMES I am a good person because I am a good person! God has nothing to do with it! DAN BROWN For a marriage to succeed, God has to approve of it. Love is not enough to pull u through when the p... DOUGLAS YEBOAH I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so n... MEISTER ECKHART ...the wisdom of spiritual direction is precisely that we refuse to stand between God and the person... GORDON T. SMITH I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists. PAT BUCKLEY I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God. A. R. RAHMAN I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God. BILLY GRAHAM I believe that all things are possible under God. BROOKE ELLIOTT I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barb... SAINT PATRICK Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582 God has been very good to me, for I never dwell... TERESA OF AVILA I must be a masochist for I am in love with a person that does not love me. DUY NGUYEN When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go o... SOREN KIERKEGAARD I don't think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank G... JOEL OSTEEN I feel like, God expects me to be human. I feel like, God likes me just the way I am: broken and emp... C. JOYBELL C. Maybe I will always have to love the idea of love or a concept of God more than I can love a person.... CATHERINE LACEY We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm. WINSTON CHURCHILL Don't just wait. Ask for the right person. Don't settle for floaters. Be specific. Believe. And once... JOHN B. BEJO There was a possibility that God really did love me, me Maya Angelou. I suddenly began to cry at the... MAYA ANGELOU You are the ultimate freedom, peace and bliss - free from the trace of desire, fear and doubts. AMIT RAY Our sacred duty is to love, motivate and pray for one another, so that, we all received grace of God... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I am not looking for a relationship right now. I have no interest in putting my time or effort into ... LILLY SINGH God does notice us, and He watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets o... SPENCER W. KIMBALL I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL I have no one at my side except God and His angels. I pray to God that He will turn my enemies into ... MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us. JOSHUA HARRIS I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And becau... SIDNEY POITIER Not every young person can win an Olympic medal or even make the Olympics teams, but every young per... HILLARY CLINTON I believe that laughter is a language of God and that we can all live happily ever laughter. YAKOV SMIRNOFF I believe that God and reality are too big for my poor words. PAT BUCKLEY Anyone who is having troubles should pray. Anyone who is happy should sing praises. Anyone who is si... ANONYMOUS I reject the notion of talking about God as a person, but there's a difference between talking about... MATTHEW FOX The church’s task is to open people’s eyes so that they can see that there is nothing higher tha... SUNDAY ADELAJA I think I'm a very religious person. I think I believe in God as much as any man does. I don'... ERNEST GAINES In the stillness I find my heart growing hot while I seek the person I have already found. God is so... ERIC SAMUEL TIMM As Christian they said we need to be good and Holy to the eyes of the unbeliever, and if fighting fo... DARWIN ARAMAN ERGINA I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I... MAYA ANGELOU That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER Eternal life then is a certain kind of life I am living more and more now and will go on forever.17 ... ROB BELL God is on my side, and that's all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don't pr... MR. T Maybe I will always have to love the idea of love or a concept of God more than I can love a person. CATHERINE LACEY That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget JEAN-PAUL SARTRE I believe that when a person has hope in the future, believe in their ability to achieve and underst... JOHN PATRICK HICKEY I don't bring God into my life to - to, you know, kind of be a political person. GEORGE W. BUSH I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I am an inexpensive guest. Whe... JERZY KOSINSKI And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will... RICHARD STEELE I want to make sure that any young person or anyone, really, who is looking up to me - who sees a gl... SAMIRA WILEY Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or ... POPE FRANCIS Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be? ANTHONY T. HINCKS I think of talent as being God-given. I know that contradicts what a lot of people believe, but that... BRANDON FLOWERS I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what ... KAT DENNINGS I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person. CHELSEA CLINTON I am a person who always tries not to be easily influenced by position or achievement. I thank God f... MARIO TEGUH I shall try and effect all that is before me to perform; and God, I think, will surely give me stren... DOROTHEA DIX I'm a very spiritual person, and I believe in God and all that kind of stuff. So my perfect type... GRACE GEALEY The will of God is that every person that is saved would become a bridge to salvation for others. PST ADELAJA SUNDAY I just hope people see that if God can do something beautiful with my broken pieces, then God truly ... NICK VUJICIC I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or not (and whether we believe... MALCOLM BOYD I'm a deeply spiritual person, and I strongly believe that God is watching over me! MAHESH BHUPATHI there is a God, there always has been. I see him here, in the eyes of the people in this [hospital] ... KHALED HOSSEINI When you see people only as personalities, rather than souls with life missions to fulfill, you fore... SHANNON L. ALDER I am so proud of my son for telling me what happened to him. I believe there could be others. And I ... ACENCION RIVERA I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess... SAINT PATRICK How my eyes see, perspective, is my key to enter into His gates. I can only do so with thanksgiving.... ANN VOSKAMP Jesus Christ came for me, and he came for each person that is infected with HIV/AIDS. God loves that... FRANKLIN GRAHAM When I see children, I see the face of God. That's why I love them so much. That's what I se... MICHAEL JACKSON that? When I am angry I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun, and prevent the sorrows of t... T.E. LAWRENCE Our motive for obedience is just as important, probably more so, to God than the level of our perfor... JERRY BRIDGES I believe that the whole human race is the family of God. PAT BUCKLEY I believe that there may well be a personal God out there - not a monotheistic God - that has got it... CLIVE SINCLAIR I have good idea, for if you meet some person from different religion and he want to make argument a... ELIZABETH GILBERT I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don't be... RONALD PERELMAN
More Philip Yancey
We're in a celebrity culture, and when I turn on the news today I hear about Lindsay Lohan, Tige... PHILIP YANCEY To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God ... PHILIP YANCEY For me, prayer is not so much me setting out a shopping list of requests for God to consider as it i... PHILIP YANCEY Most of the great books on prayer are written by 'experts' - monks, missionaries, mystics, s... PHILIP YANCEY What I see in the Bible, especially in the book of Psalms, which is a book of gratitude for the crea... PHILIP YANCEY The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood. PHILIP YANCEY Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so i... PHILIP YANCEY You are free to reject God. Make sure that you're really rejecting God, not some caricature of G... PHILIP YANCEY In China, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for your faith, getting together with other Chris... PHILIP YANCEY Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, alwa... PHILIP YANCEY I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your han... PHILIP YANCEY By striving to prove how much they deserve God’s love, legalists miss the whole point of the gospe... PHILIP YANCEY Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent ... PHILIP YANCEY One of the greatest things about writing as a profession is that the words of Tolstoy, Chesterton an... PHILIP YANCEY I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer Dav... PHILIP YANCEY Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it.... PHILIP YANCEY God’s gifts are best used when we give them away in serving those who have less. PHILIP YANCEY Could it be that Christians, eager to point out how good we are, neglect the basic fact that the gos... PHILIP YANCEY We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most ... PHILIP YANCEY [...]women much like this prostitute fled toward Jesus, not away from him. The worse a person felt a... PHILIP YANCEY God reproduces and lives out His image in millions of ordinary people like us. It is a supreme myste... PHILIP YANCEY Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be ... PHILIP YANCEY Most observers understand the difference between a committed Christian who accepts Jesus as a model ... PHILIP YANCEY Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love. PHILIP YANCEY When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'... PHILIP YANCEY What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian p... PHILIP YANCEY If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus’ gospel. ... PHILIP YANCEY Pleasure represents a great good but also a grave danger. PHILIP YANCEY the promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the hau... PHILIP YANCEY Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Not... PHILIP YANCEY As Dennis Covington has written, "Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more me... PHILIP YANCEY Suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope."7-19 He lists hope at... PHILIP YANCEY As a Jewish rabbi put it, "A man should carry two stones in his pocket. On one should be inscribed, ... PHILIP YANCEY I have found consolation, for example, in C. S. Lewis's depiction in The Great Divorce of hell as a ... PHILIP YANCEY Why the delay? Why does God let evil and pain so flagrantly exist, even thrive, on this planet?...He... PHILIP YANCEY Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution. PHILIP YANCEY You can love the good in us and hate the bad but the bad is in us too. Without it we wouldn't be us. RICK YANCEY I got a very late start at fatherhood. I'm a late bloomer in general. It took me seven years to ... RICK YANCEY What doesn't kill us sharpens us. Hardens us. Schools us. You're beating plowshares into swords, Vos... RICK YANCEY You’re not the only one,” he says through gritted teeth. “My twelve-year-old sister died in my... RICK YANCEY You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice?... RICK YANCEY Wir sind hier, und dann sind wir wieder weg, und es geht nich darum, wie viel Zeit wir hier haben, s... RICK YANCEY Wie befreit man die Erde von den Menschen? Indem man die Menschen von ihrer Menschlichkeit befreit. RICK YANCEY Man kann jemanden nur dann als verrückt bezeichnen, wenn es jemand anderen gibt, der normal ist. Wi... RICK YANCEY His heart, the war. Her face, the battlefield. RICK YANCEY Some things you can never leave behind. They don't belong to the past. They belong to you. RICK YANCEY I would just have to find a hog, slaughter it, butcher it, cure the meat, then fry it up. Thinking a... RICK YANCEY Human beings are remarkably resilient. When you think about it, our species has been teetering upon ... RICK YANCEY For a being more advanced than I am, he sure has a hard time answering a simple question RICK YANCEY I would kill for a cheeseburger. Honestly. If I stumbled across someone eating a cheeseburger, I wou... RICK YANCEY Is this how humanity waves good-bye? Hell no. RICK YANCEY Sarcasm doesn't appear to work on him. If that's true, I'm in trouble: It's my normal mode of commun... RICK YANCEY How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity. RICK YANCEY You're never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your li... RICK YANCEY And, for one– ten thousandth of a second, all of it fell away, the despair and grief and anger and... RICK YANCEY But if I'm it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I'm going to let the s... RICK YANCEY And if humanity is the last war, then I am the battlefield. RICK YANCEY He barely knew I existed. I knew some of the same people he knew, but I was a girl in the background... RICK YANCEY We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel bra... RICK YANCEY They were afraid the longer we pretended to be human, the more human we would become.” “And... RICK YANCEY My first favourite book was 'Are You My Mother?' A picture book about a lost bird. After tha... RICK YANCEY Some things down to the smallest of things, are worth the sum of all things RICK YANCEY Great sci-fi has never shied from tackling the Big Questions, though really great sci-fi never forge... RICK YANCEY Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end ... RICK YANCEY Seems like (when) Ian (Viola) gets out of that first inning - he's been pitching real well. WAYNE YANCEY Like many businesses in the community, the Home Depot maintains a policy of non-solicitation at its ... YANCEY CASEY There's the bullshit you know that you know; the bullshit you don't know and know you don't know; an... RICK YANCEY He looked at me and smiled reassuringly and said, "Everything is going to be okay," because that's w... RICK YANCEY When the moment comes to stop running from your past, to turn around and face the thing you thought ... RICK YANCEY The way we learn to write is the way we learn to talk: We listen to others and start mimicking speec... RICK YANCEY If you leave without me, I’ll just follow you. You can’t stop me, Cassie. How are you going to s... RICK YANCEY It's the lady, then," he murmured. RICK YANCEY Adolphus is not at his desk. That means he is somewhere in the Monstrumarium, has gone home for the ... RICK YANCEY And red is not the color of apples or roses or the dresses that pretty girls wear in the summertime.... RICK YANCEY Miss Marks, you see, makes her living by...entertaining young, and not so young, sailors...or any ot... RICK YANCEY You could see the smile coming a year before it arrived. RICK YANCEY Please, do not leave me, Will Henry. I would not survive it. You were nearly right. What Mr. Kendall... RICK YANCEY Have you fallen in love, Will Henry?" "That's stupid." "What is? Love, or my ... RICK YANCEY You are the nest. You are the hatchling. You are the chrysalis. You are the progeny. You are the rot... RICK YANCEY But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie d... RICK YANCEY He knew the truth. Yes, my dear child, he would undoubtedly tell a terrified toddler tremulou... RICK YANCEY As long as you draw breath anywhere -here or ten thousands miles from here- I will love you. I can't... RICK YANCEY I am drowning in an infinite sea. RICK YANCEY But I don’t panic. I don’t bolt like a frightened gazelle. I am more than the sum of my fear. It... RICK YANCEY We're still a strong presence in the community and a great source for not only do-it-yourself needs ... YANCEY CASEY Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky. RICK YANCEY God doesn't call the equipped, son. God equips the called. And you have been called. RICK YANCEY We’re here, and then we’re gone, and it’s not about the time we’re here, but what we do with... RICK YANCEY It wasn't a good fake smile. You could always tell when she was faking, because she didn't look frie... RICK YANCEY And John Kearns whispered into my ear: "Do you see it now? *You* are the nest. *You* are the hatchli... RICK YANCEY One lesson I learned from 'The Monstrumologist' was never to get too attached to your own ch... RICK YANCEY Alfred," Merryweather said. "OIPEP is the only organization of its kind in the world, with practical... RICK YANCEY I’m about to pee myself with relief that we’re all alive, but mostly because he is. H... RICK YANCEY Cassie?” It’s Sammy, holding on to Ben, because he’s feeling the Ben thing a little more ... RICK YANCEY Zombie!” Sammy calls. “I knew it was you.” Zombie? “Where are you taking him?” B... RICK YANCEY His body is pressed against my back, his arm is wrapped protectively around my waist, his breath a d... RICK YANCEY You’re the mayfly,' he murmurs. And then Evan Walker kisses me. Holding my hand across... RICK YANCEY Sullivan had her Crucifix Soldier and now I have mine. No. I am the soldier. Teacup is the cross. RICK YANCEY I will teach you to love death. I will empty you of grief and guilt and self-pity and fill you up wi... RICK YANCEY There are things that are too terrible to remember, and there are things that are almost too wonderf... RICK YANCEY She's one of those girls that when she's on, you better watch out. She doesn't have much of a consci... YANCEY LITTLE The beautiful wooden board on a stand in my father’s study. The gleaming ivory pieces. The stern k... RICK YANCEY He didn’t like to see animals in captivity. When he looked into their eyes, something in their eye... RICK YANCEY Do you believe in God, Evan?” “Sure I do.” “I don’t. I mean, I don’t know. I d... RICK YANCEY His other hand finds my cheek, and he wipes away my tears with his thumb. The chocolate scent overwh... RICK YANCEY That's it," he said bitterly. "Cry, Cassie. Cry for her. Cry for all the children. They can't hear y... RICK YANCEY I left them there for the flies and the birds and the sun and the wind. In the silence outside the T... RICK YANCEY He stiffened and said with great dignity, "I am a natural scientist. We are accustomed to dealing wi... RICK YANCEY Just because a man is a homicidal maniac doesn't make him wrong. RICK YANCEY I'd walk right up to him and blow his brains out. RICK YANCEY Soon I will fall asleep and I will wake from this terrible dream. The endless night will fall, and I... RICK YANCEY Nothing makes us love something more than the loss of it. RICK YANCEY I should have asked, I guess,” he says. “I shouldn’t have assumed.” “What?” He... RICK YANCEY A moment comes in war when the last lines must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold a f... RICK YANCEY The girl sleeping and the finisher, willing himself to finish her. Why didn't he finish her? RICK YANCEY I’ll do whatever you say, Cassie,” he says helplessly. His eyes shine brighter than the stars ov... RICK YANCEY Dislodged cobwebs and dust swirled around them. The ceiling was holding for now. He doubted it could... RICK YANCEY Thinking about the bacon- the potential of bacon- gives me hope. Not all is lost if bacon isn't. RICK YANCEY Aren’t you coming with us?” I feel his hand on my cheek. I know what this means and I slap ... RICK YANCEY Let’s establish a code for when you want to go all creeper on me. One knock means you’d like to ... RICK YANCEY He knocks once against the side. I don’t get it at first, and then I laugh. Let’s estab... RICK YANCEY He lays me on the bed. I say, right before he kisses me again, “If you kiss me again, I’m going ... RICK YANCEY I had it all wrong. Before I found you, I thought the only way to hold on was to find something to l... RICK YANCEY If your job is to kill us, why didn’t you kill me?” I ask. He answers without hesitating, a... RICK YANCEY I think that's the way it is. When you love someone. Something happens to them, and it's a punch in ... RICK YANCEY And far more dangerous than greed or lust or envy or any of those things—or anything—was love. RICK YANCEY Evan is the little branch growing out of the cliff that she clings to, and the fact that he's gone m... RICK YANCEY When I wake up the next morning, there's a Hershey's Kiss sitting on the table beside me. RICK YANCEY It's an either/or world now. RICK YANCEY In case you're an alien and you're reading this: BITE ME. RICK YANCEY After another half second, he's locked me in a bear hug, crushing me into his chest and lifting my f... RICK YANCEY I took one look at it and demanded that he name three things he isn't good at. "Roller s... RICK YANCEY I don't move. I wait behind my log, terrified. Over the past ten minutes, it's become such a dear fr... RICK YANCEY I don't care what the stars say about how small we are. One, even the smallest, weakest, most insign... RICK YANCEY I didn't save you," he whispers, lips tickling my eyelashes. "You saved me. RICK YANCEY What were they thinking? 'It's an alien apocalypse! Quick, grab the beer! RICK YANCEY I thought I knew what loneliness was before he found me, but I had no clue. You don't know what real... RICK YANCEY Because we will die, but at least we will die unbroken. RICK YANCEY There's an old saying about the truth setting you free. Don't buy it. Sometimes the truth slams the ... RICK YANCEY I am a shark, Cassie," he says slowly, drawing the words out, as if he might be speaking to me for t... RICK YANCEY You can only call someone crazy if there’s someone else who’s normal. Like good and evil. If eve... RICK YANCEY That's what you do when the curtain is falling--you give the line that the audience wants to hear. RICK YANCEY I had it all wrong," he says. "Before I found you, I thought the only way to hold on was to find som... RICK YANCEY Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit. RICK YANCEY My foray into young adult lit was by no means planned. I wrote the first 'Alfred Kropp' book... RICK YANCEY Everything's going to be okay', because that's what I wanted him to say and it's what he wanted to s... RICK YANCEY When I cry - when I let myself cry - that's who I cry for. I don't cry for myself. I cry for the Cas... RICK YANCEY They made a major mistake," he blurted out, "the dumb bastards, when they didn't start by killing yo... RICK YANCEY Beyond their immaculate design, the reason sharks rule the ocean is their complete indifference to e... RICK YANCEY To conquer, you must endure not just your own suffering but the suffering of others. Indifference is... RICK YANCEY Some things you don't have to promise. You just do. RICK YANCEY When civilizations collide, it usually isn't the more primitive one that prevails. RICK YANCEY Ever since I was young, 14 or 15, I wondered if you could write a book that combined the visceral th... RICK YANCEY No one will remember us, out footprints erased, our legacies wiped out, our children and their child... RICK YANCEY I always feel trepidation at the beginning of every project. I worry about so many things. Time to g... RICK YANCEY We have a lot of distractions that come with homecoming week. Sylacauga got their first win the othe... FRED YANCEY We knew we had to contain Thompson's quarterback. They gave us a great effort defensively. FRED YANCEY This was a big win for us. I thought our kids did a great job playing wire-to-wire and working their... FRED YANCEY A moment comes in war when the last line must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold dear... RICK YANCEY I do not mean to mock or ridicule your life's work, for in one way at least it mimics my own: We hav... RICK YANCEY People die. Love endures. RICK YANCEY And I open to him, a flower to the rain. RICK YANCEY You know how we tell the good guys from the bad guys? The bad guys shoot at us." Best les... RICK YANCEY I want to learn from them. I want to do what I can to make a difference. JANAY YANCEY I think that will be amazing. It's always been a dream of mine to play big time volleyball. JANAY YANCEY I love the fact that they have a new coach. We just clicked automatically. (Coach Stubbs) was a frie... JANAY YANCEY It's great. I set a goal for myself and I reached it. Now I've got to set a new one and keep on goin... JANAY YANCEY I chose the school that I though would be best for me. There were a lot of different things between ... JANAY YANCEY But we fall only that we might rise, Alfred. All of us fall; all of us, as you say, screw up. Fallin... RICK YANCEY Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end. RICK YANCEY The night wears on; the fire dwindles; the wind shifts and my heart aches with nostalgia - summer ca... RICK YANCEY Onto his stomach. Then knees. Then hands. His elbows quivered, his wrists threatened to buckle under... RICK YANCEY Love is forever. If it wasn't, it wouldn't be love. The world is beautiful. If it wasn't, it wouldn'... RICK YANCEY That’s the cost. That’s the price. Get ready, because when you crush the humanity out of humans,... RICK YANCEY We're looking forward to getting to the championship game, but our thoughts will be about winning (t... WAYNE YANCEY You've got to give Carl Junction a lot of credit. They came out and kept getting after us. YANCEY LITTLE Our hearts, the war. Her body, the battlefield. RICK YANCEY There is a light that glimmers along the darkening edge of an infinite horizon. In that light the he... RICK YANCEY Are pervs only pervs if you don't find them attractive? RICK YANCEY She's hurt and still imagines I'd worry about him for even a second ? I touch her shoulder. Her touc... RICK YANCEY If the world breaks a million and one promises, can you trust the million and second? RICK YANCEY Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer. PHILIP TREACY Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them. PHILIP TREACY I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis&... PHILIP GREEN I'm in the retail business, not the circus business. PHILIP GREEN You are forced to have the best data capture, the best information, when you have goods in hundreds ... PHILIP GREEN I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I... PHILIP GREEN You've got to love what you do to really make things happen. PHILIP GREEN They already know all about brands... but what 16- and 17-year-olds won't necessarily have is ex... PHILIP GREEN Either I will find a way, or I will make one. PHILIP SIDNEY I am brave, but I take a view. It is an educated view. I am careful. I am not reckless. PHILIP GREEN Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own. PHILIP TREACY Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise. PHILIP MASSINGER My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a v... PHILIP ZIMBARDO Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movi... PHILIP ZIMBARDO Undermining experience, embellishing experience, rearranging and enlarging experience into a species... PHILIP ROTH Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion PHILIP WYLIE All this, and Heaven too! PHILIP HENRY Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what ... PHILIP ZIMBARDO It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is mos... PHILIP SIDNEY