POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When we wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive. - Ambrose Bierce
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring.
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. - Andre Maurois
Believe it; 25 years from now or less, you will be voted for or appointed by the actions you are taking today! Guess what the vote will mean. Will it be an election for you to occupy the edifice of failure or to be the administrator in the kingdom of success? Rise up and optimize your potentials! - Israelmore Ayivor
Life’s contentment is like an abstract edifice with a domed ceiling of insanity - Munia Khan
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great deal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice. - José P. Rizal
When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered...the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls...bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of their essence, the immense edifice of memory - Marcel Proust
Bonhoeffer did not expect his life to be a tidy edifice of perfection. - Samuel Wells
Good listening places us on an edifice of learning complex human behavior. - Balroop Singh
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. - Martin Luther King Jr.