All of life, Orhan realizes, is a story within a story; how we choose to listen and which words we choose to speak makes all the difference.
My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.
It's the Olympics. And it was a long way for me. To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.
It's not going to be so easy to be yourself as speaking or advocating about it, but he who is truly determined and destined attains this coveted status.
Philosophy is not to think deep, but simply speak life’s basics that arise, aware and awaken people who are knowingly or unknowingly in the state of sleep.
She wasn't actually speaking to me, she was singing a kind of lullaby of talk. But, eventually, the music stopped.
The gift of being able to speak with a holy God because of the righteousness we gain through Jesus on the cross is an indescribable miracle!
Frankly speaking, I'm not afraid of death. I don't endeavour to avert its advent. But I don't want to be a witness of it.
If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what you're saying carries through.
If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be appreciated, shut up.
I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way.
Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be better to speak with them in their own language.
I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.
Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
Always be yourself and speak your truth. Better to allow others to walk away than betray your own soul.
I'm very political without being political. I don't know how to speak proper political language.
Speech is the body part of thinking, the voice of the mind. Writing is the blood and mind mixing to speak through the fingers, through the hands.
