Jocelyn Murray Quotes

Some journeys lead nowhere, but they set the spirit free

When a tree falls it resounds with a thundering crash; and yet a whole forest grows in silence.

All good leaders are optimists. They always see opportunity where others see hardship

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

There is nothing left for us here.

It is not his body which makes a man strong, but his spirit. Nothing on the outside, but only that which comes from within.

Sometimes it takes great suffering to pierce the soul and open it up to greatness

For a peace wrought in blood is nothing short of tyranny.

Some trees are too deeply rooted to move ... And if they are uprooted, they will die ...

This world is all vanity. It is a tempest hurling us from one sorrow to another.

Weak men cannot handle power. It will either crush them, or they will use it to crush others

Even coal shimmers in the light

What good is a smooth tongue without sharp teeth?

Blood was the mortar that cemented the kingdom

Life is the great teacher. An unforgiving task master at times. Its lessons are not easily forgotten

True beauty cannot fail to move the beholder

There is no place for innocence on the battlefield.

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself

Even in prosperous times the living robbed the dead

Sometimes misfortune brings opportunity

Suffering is the fire by which love is tested.

Sometimes you just have to trust your instincts; it may be all you have to trust.

Books are like bound dreams waiting to be released

Darkness gives free rein to the mind's worst imaginings

It is the dirt within men's hearts that is most offensive; the filth you cannot see.

Do not bother yourself with what ifs

What good is a secret if it remains a secret ... Secrets are meant to be discovered ...

Hate engenders loneliness and despair

The heart's capacity to love is infinite

There is no honor in cruelty.

It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most.

Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers.

True kindness ennobles the giver

Some things are worth the wait. A little suspense heightens the pleasure.

There are no easy paths in this life. And when troubles arise, we must face them with the same dignity as we do success.

Desperation makes men fearless

It is not triumph which defines a man, but tragedy. Triumph always brings out the best in men, but tragedy shows us what we are made of.

Life is like the sea. Its tides and currents sometimes take a man to distant shores that he never dreamed existed

Joy is much sweeter for having known sorrow; and triumph for having tasted defeat.

There is no treasure like the human heart.

Pride is an expensive vice, for it is wedded to Greed whose hunger is never sated

It is not always the motives behind an action that make it noble. Sometimes it is as simple as the action itself.

What is courage without risk ... It wouldn't really be courage, would it?