Dannah Gresh Quotes

A girl's modesty is first noted by her external presentation, but if it's not followed by the confidence of internal modesty, she still forfeits the power of her virtue.

Dannah Gresh

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• I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • War
  • Think
  • Middle East

• Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Power
  • Dark
  • Deep

• We want to let our play be the judges.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Want
  • Play
  • Judges

• No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time.

  

  Parminder Nagra
  • Time
  • Football
  • New

• Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Enemy
  • Thoughtful

• Loyalty and religion have many meanings, and self-interest is a skilled interpreter.

  

  John Buchan
  • Loyalty

• I like eating fine foods and drinking nice wine. Even if I had a really good figure, I don't think I'd get my t**s and a** out for no one.

  

  Adele
  • Good
  • Nice
  • Wine

• When I cruise around, I can't help but study people's faces and emotions and wonder why they're feeling the way they are.

  

  Aaron Bruno
  • People
  • Why
  • Help

• The cause of Freedom and the cause of Peace are bound together.

  

  Leon Blum
  • Together
  • Freedom
  • Peace

• Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.

  

  Loretta Lynn
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Gun

• You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.

  

  L. Frank Baum
  • Work
  • Country
  • College

• I never skulk, and lurk only sometimes.

  

  Robin LaFevers
  • Sometimes

• Stop hating on yourself for not being perfect. If God wanted perfection, He would have made you an angel.

  

  Yasmin Mogahed
  • God
  • Hate
  • Stop

• Every decision he made, I think everybody bought into it. Whether you understood it or not, you bought into it. Because he's a champion. He's won five of these or something like that, so you've got to trust a guy that's been here before and his view for our team.

  

  Stephen Curry
  • Team
  • Trust
  • Decision

• When faced with a sea of troubles, take action, and in so doing end it.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Action
  • Sea
  • Trouble

• More than half of all people filing income tax forms use someone else to prepare the forms for them. Then they have to sign under penalty of perjury that these forms are correct. But if they were competent to determine that, why would they have to pay someone else to do their taxes for them in the first place?

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Firsts
  • Pay
  • Form

• Do you remember A Wrinkle in Time? It's a good one example. I think the character's name is Meg. I just remember she was a very logical, intelligent, advanced girl. I wouldn't say that I felt like that was who I was, but I wanted to be around her; I wanted to be like her. She had an understanding of science and was incredibly curious - an interesting, complex young girl.

  

  A Fine Frenzy
  • Thinking
  • Girl
  • Interesting

• A girl's modesty is first noted by her external presentation, but if it's not followed by the confidence of internal modesty, she still forfeits the power of her virtue.

  

  Dannah Gresh
  • Firsts
  • Virtue
  • Modesty