Clergyman's

Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the stars.
— Frederick Langbridge

One thing I’ve learnt about humans: you can’t judge their strength by the size of their actions, but by the devotion of an act, no matter how small.
— Dianna Hardy

But it's funny how even after all these years you find yourself wondering just how well you know anyone. Hell, we've all been tight since we we're kids - been through a lot together - but we still have secrets, don't we? All of us. None of us are ever exactly, precisely what we claim to be, are we? We're one way with some people, another way with other people, maybe another way still when we're all alone. That's what it boils down to fellas. At night, when you're lying there in bed looking at the ceiling, remembering the day, thinking back through things you did and what lies ahead, when it's just you and whatever god you pray to in the dark ...that's when all the masks are peeled away and it's just you. Just you..., and whoever...or whatever you are.
— ? Greg F. Gifune

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely if ever do they forgive them.
- Oscar Wilde

Men think for themselves when they’re men.
- Tanith Lee

I knew a teacher that kept a calendar on his desk. He didn’t use it for lesson planning though. Instead he was marking time until summer. That’s what prisoners do on walls. They mark the days until they go free. But if you’re marking time as a teacher, you aren’t redeeming the time with your students. A parent drops a child off at the beginning of the year and it’s your job to redeem the time and educate that child. It’s your responsibility to see that child progress throughout the year. The child should be a better student as a result of being in your classroom. You are responsible—for successes and failures—and you have an obligation to students and parents to redeem every precious minute you’re given as an educator.
— Tucker Elliot

My love, wherever you are - whatever you are - don't lose faith. I know it's gonna happen someday to you.
— Morrissey

You know what we call pedestrians in Morganville? Mobile bloodbanks.
— Rachel Caine