Janelle Barclay Quotes

You suck at working with someone, I say, because it's true. ~ Elizabeth Norris

All the places my mind took me were places I did not want to go. ~ Linwood Barclay

Our history, America's history, has been so heavily edited. In history classes, we don't really go into full discussions about the past. People, struggles, and triumphs have been erased. As a result, we now have a generation, my generation, of people who are intelligent but ignorant of and blind to the truth. ~ Janelle Gray

If we find ourselves becoming critical of other people we should stop examining them, and start examining ourselves. ~ William Barclay

Happiness is an inside job. ~ Janelle Jalbert

But what's braver?' Emmanuel said. 'Naming the bigots and possibly being killed for it? Or living in silence in order to protect yourself and those you love?'
I think bravery had more to do with making the choice and less to do with the choice it self. In that situation, bravery was both living and dying. ~ Janelle Gray

Information is valuable. Librarians and libraries are, at best incidental; at worst, in the way. ~ Donald A. Barclay

Christianity does not think of man finally submitting to the power of God, it thinks of Him as finally surrendering to the love of God. It is not that man's will is crushed, but that man's heart is broken. ~ William Barclay

Here is an eternal truth. Life cannot be divided into compartments in some which God is involved and in others of which he is not involved ... The fact is that God does not need to be invited into certain departments of life, and kept out of others. He is everywhere, all through life and in every activity of life. He hears not only the words that are spoken in his name; he hears all words; and there cannot be any such thing as a form of words which evades bringing God into any transaction. We will regard all promises as sacred if we remember that all promises are made in the presence of God. ~ William Barclay

I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be. ~ Janelle Monae

Janelle, you're my home. ~ Elizabeth Norris

But the fact is that our communities have a wealth of resources - people, skills, and tangible items - which we could use to provide for ourselves. ~ Janelle Orsi

MY FAMILY unit had increased by one. Janelle was of my blood, and I loved her dearly. Lawson was the brother I'd never had. His mate, Heller, was Lawson's whole world, so of course Heller was now important to me also. But Remi? Remi came before them all. He was my mate. Mine. I would kill for him. I would die for him.
Because of me he might be giving up everything he knew ~ M.A. Church

This is the second fucking time I've gotten shot when I was with you. I don't think we can be friends anymore. ~ Elizabeth Norris

More people have been brought into the church by the kindness of real Christian love than by all the theological arguments in the world. ~ William Barclay

You cannot relate to your pastor properly until you have thoroughly, in your heart, made him your pastor. ~ Mark T. Barclay

The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity. ~ William Barclay

When I was in my early 20s, my dream was to write mystery novels. I wanted to do what my favourite crime writer, Ross Macdonald, did - crank out a book a year. The only problem - and it was a considerable one - was that I stank. ~ Linwood Barclay

In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can. ~ William Barclay

I once listened to a woman describe a group of men marching toward her house with sticks lit afire, screaming things like 'git the nigger' and 'kill the nigger bitch.' Those tiki torches weren't about protest. They were about a statement. It said, 'We're still here because we never left. ~ Janelle Gray

The Christian man must aim at that complete obedience to God in which life finds its highest happiness, its greatest good, its perfect consummation, its peace. ~ William Barclay

I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way. ~ Janelle Monae

I've cried over string arrangements. ~ Janelle Monae

Lauryn Hill's always been a hero of mine. And Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae and Adele, those are the current artists I would reference in terms of who's been able to do really amazing pop records with really cool, organic throwback elements of soul in there as well. ~ Judith Hill

Even if I couldn't get my early novels published, I could still write. I went into newspapers, where I got paid to write every day. If there's a better school for would-be novelists, I don't know what it is. ~ Linwood Barclay

I don't even know at what age I started, because it's always been there. Performing ... creating ... it's in my DNA. ~ Janelle Monae

So your perfect proposal, what would it be?" Ben asks. "Seriously?" ... "I don't know. It would just be the two of us, and I guess I'd want him to say something honest, not overly romantic, not something that would make a great story to tell his friends. I'd just want him to lean over ... " As I say it, I lean slightly toward Ben, close enough that I can feel the warmth of his body radiating into the empty space between us, and drop the volume of my voice. " ... and say 'Janelle Tenner, fucking marry me. ~ Elizabeth Norris

I inherited the very best circumstances if all. And yet, circumstances can change. The natural trajectory of your life can be utterly disrupted by one unexpected encounter, setting you so wildly off course that you're not quite sure if you'll ever find your way back to the path you were on. ~ Janelle Brown

I was here.
I lived.
I mattered.
This is a good way to go. ~ Elizabeth Norris

Jesus was clear that He had come, not to make life easy, but to make men great. ~ William Barclay

Jesus is the yes to every promise of God. ~ William Barclay

I know what I like; if you go to my closet, I have at least four of everything. ~ Janelle Monae