Nik Malikov Quotes

And blood and tears and screams did not matter anymore, because at least they are together. ~ Amie Kaufman

Nik leant closer slowly letting his lips rest against her mouth. ~ Julie Fison

We train very hard under windy conditions. I've actually walked a wire in my backyard with 90-mile-an-hour winds. ~ Nik Wallenda

To do this walk, I believe it's around 2,000 feet, to go from the U.S. to Canada. I would train walking a wire almost 8,000 feet, to overtrain for this. ~ Nik Wallenda

Dare to dream, live with passion. Make your life an epic extraordinary adventure! ~ Nik Halik

He made me pick a safe word." Nik peeked between his fingers. Sam's mouth was hanging open.
"Oh." Sam's voice was a whisper. More of the throat clearing. "What did you pick?"
Not the question he'd been expecting. Nik looked up at Sam from under his hand.
"Lemonade."
"Lemonade?" Nik nodded. "Do you like lemonade?"
"Does it matter? Yes, I like lemonade."
"Shouldn't you have picked something you didn't like, to make sure there were no, um, inadvertent exclamations at an important moment?"
He dropped his hand and stared at Sam. "Who screams out 'lemonade' in the middle of sex?"
Sam blushed. Nik was momentarily grateful for his dark skin. "You'd be surprised," Sam mumbled. ~ Anne Tenino

I do everything I do to pay tribute to my great-grandfather. ~ Nik Wallenda

You're not the first Elite Ops agent to fall in love and you won't be the last," Ian informed him (Nik). "I've watched four of you fall so far, and I'll be here to watch your commander go down fighting as well. Protecting your woman isn't your problem; it's protecting your heart. ~ Lora Leigh

Persecution stop immediately where there is no faith and there is no witness. ~ Nik Ripken

There's weight on me to raise the bar, to carry on that legacy. But that's what drives me. Making sure that no one ever forgets who the Wallendas are. ~ Nik Wallenda

I'm often very relaxed when I'm on the wire. There may be some tears because this is a dream of mine. ~ Nik Wallenda

This is something no one in the world has ever done. ~ Nik Wallenda

I remember the teacher telling us that Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, alongside Russia. "The Soviet Union is the largest and most glorious empire that the world has ever seen," the teacher
lectured. "We're all proud comrades. We're all like brothers. We're so lucky to be part of the greatest
nation that has ever existed. We love our country and our country loves us like a mother loves her children. ~ Carlito Sofer, Nik Krasno

When I share with churches today, I often suggest that people read Matthew 28. When I read that chapter, I notice that Jesus never says if or whether you go; He simply talks about where you go! God may have to give instructions about the location - the where. But there is nothing to negotiate about the command to go - God has already made our primary task perfectly clear. ~ Nik Ripken

I suddenly saw all the things that I have allowed to become common, things that would be considered miracles in the eyes of millions of believers in persecution. The truth is, these things that we take for granted are all miracles! ~ Nik Ripken

One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live. ~ Nik Wallenda

That mist was thick. It was hard to see at times. The wind was wild. It'd come at me one way and hit me from the front, and hit me from the back. ~ Nik Wallenda

...persecution is normal for millions of believers around the world. ~ Nik Ripken

But the deacon said that the Holy Spirit told him, 'You don't have to come back. You just have to go.' So he did. . . . Long after I heard that story, I kept thinking about God's final instruction to the deacon: 'You just have do go.' You don't have to come back. You just have to go. As it turns out, he did come back. Even so, the instruction is so clear. You just have to go. You just have to go. Even if there is no clarity about your return, you just have to go. ~ Nik Ripken

I have never in my life walked with a harness. The weight of the tether, makes it feel like I'm dragging an anchor behind me. ~ Nik Wallenda

Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing. ~ Nik Wallenda

before we can grasp the full meaning of the Resurrection, we first have to witness or experience crucifixion. If we spend our lives so afraid of suffering, so averse to sacrifice, that we avoid even the risk of persecution or crucifixion, then we might never discover the true wonder, joy and power of a resurrection faith. Ironically, avoiding suffering could be the very thing that prevents us from partnering deeply with the Risen Jesus. ~ Nik Ripken

I'd love to come to Australia. I'd love to walk about the Sydney Opera House. ~ Nik Wallenda

You can only grow in jail what you take to jail with you. You can only grow in persecution what you take into it. ~ Nik Ripken

If we commit ourselves to the successful completion of a task, then we personify excellence. ~ Nik Halik

You don't have to tell me how long I'm on the wire, ~ Nik Wallenda

She'd eat you alive." "She would, would she?" Niko said dryly. "Seriously, Nik, she's dangerous, a predator." This voice-of-reason shit, it had to stop. It was a strain on my resources. His lip twitched. "And what, little brother, do you think I am?" Damn. He had me there. ~ Rob Thurman

Why would you want the cure?-Elijah
I want to live and die like a normal person. Not the way you and Nik want me to.-Rebecca
I still don't understand. Why must you always think of our family as a burdon? Now and forever. Those words mean are as important to me now as they ever were.-Elijah
You will always be my brother and I will always love you.-Rebecca ~ L.J.Smith

I hope what I do and what I just did inspires people around the world to reach for the skies. ~ Nik Wallenda

You take all the fun out of life for me, Nik. You know that?" Aiden- Blood Hunger (Deathless Night Series #1) ~ L.E. Wilson

In turkle time a lin is the briefest moment that can just about be measured. Ninety lins make a tikk, one hundred tikks make a lod, thirty eight lods make a yan, the time it takes the planet Ankor to make one complete turn in the path of the star, Ruru, its main source of light and warmth. Ten yans make a zac. Six zacs make a yod, twenty yods make a zik. Twelve ziks make a zan. Sixteen zans make a nik. ~ Philip Dodd

Then he raised his voice in a prophet-like challenge that I knew would live with me forever: "Don't ever give up in freedom what we would never give up in persecution! ~ Nik Ripken

I was captivated by the thought: what if persecution is the normal, expected situation for a believer? And what if persecution is, in fact, soil in which faith can grow? ~ Nik Ripken

I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things. ~ Nik Wallenda

Many young athletes joined the gangs instead of aspiring to gold medals in the Olympics. You could easily discern the kind of sport they did by their body shape and injuries.
Well-built with a broken nose - a boxer.
Broad shoulders with torn ears - a wrestler.
Enormous muscles with little to no brain - a bodybuilder.
Short with broad shoulders and a quadratic head - a weightlifter. ~ Carlito Sofer, Nik Krasno

Trick looks at Nik and smirks, "What's the fastest you've ever come?" Everyone bursts into laughter. Nik chuckles and says, "I think the first time I ever had sex I lasted about twenty seconds." We're all in hysterics. Nik interrupts our laughter with, "I'd like to let everyone know I've vastly improved since then! ~ Belle Aurora

I did see, however, what the Russian church had lost in its first decade of "freedom." Under communism, the church had found a way to survive and often thrive. Scripture and holy song was its lifeblood. ~ Nik Ripken