Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

Some people still make promises and keep those they make. When they do, they help make life around them more stably human.

Lewis B. Smedes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 20, 1921 - December 19, 2002

Topics

LifePeoplePromisesHelpHuman

Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.

John Gregory Dunne

ManWoodsBlackTigerNeverTried

I left General Magic in 1996 to become an Internet hobbyist - got a T-1 line to my house. At one point I had all four food banks of the Bay Area hosted from this house here.

Andy Hertzfeld

FoodInternetMagicHouseBecome

Of course, there are benefits to having prosthetics. I can make myself as tall as I want. I can wear flip-flops in the snow if I wanted to. There's benefits.

Amy Purdy

SnowMyselfI CanWantTallWear

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

Stephen Gardiner

PastIdeasMeaningLikeMeaning Of

People get caught up in recreating something, and that actually hurts the genre of music because there's nothing new.

Trombone Shorty

MusicPeopleNewNothingUpGet

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

Travis Bradberry

BeautySimplePeopleYouSaySocial

We don't realize how much racism has tainted our self-image as human beings.

Ruby Dee

RacismHumanRealizeSelf-ImageMuch

I'm interested in the idea that we all start off as these lovely little babies with all this potential but that circumstances mean that we don't always live the life we should.

Ruth Negga

LifeLiveStartPotentialMeanOff

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

SportsFunHave FunGameEnjoyPlay

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

Michael Jordan

LoyaltyResponsibilityPeaceWifeMe

I've never been one to take glee in anyone's demise, and when I saw Jerry Sandusky walk out in handcuffs, I did kind of feel a bit sorry for him, even though the jury found him to do some horrific things; I was like, 'His life is over.'

Don Lemon

LifeWalkSorryFeelKindNever

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Confucius

LifeDeathKnowHow

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