Gerald Abrahams Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pride lives on the defensive against anyone and anything that tries to subtract from its self-sustained worth. Confidence, on the other hand, is driven by the certainty of God-given identity and the conviction that nothing can take that identity away. — Beth Moore

later i sat in the mosque balcony as the sun rose, watching while it unpicked the dark and misty folds of the forest and coloured the Bashgul river. We were all overcome by the fabulous richness of the landscape, the opulence of the wooden architecture, the yellow green coombes of ripening corn, the glistening trees. — Peter Levi

In chess there is a world of intellectual values, — Gerald Abrahams

The idea comes before the logical argument. — Gerald Abrahams

Real food is alive and there for it should eventually die. — Michael Pollan

My parents are always a great litmus test. Based on the amount of shrieks my mother gives when we're out in public, her constant shock when somebody comes up and says something nice. — Rick Hoffman

Good positions don't win games, good moves do — Gerald Abrahams

Freeing oneself from words is liberation. — Bodhidharma

Chess is a good mistress but a bad master. — Gerald Abrahams

What you see determines how you interpret the world, which in turn influences what you expect of the world and how you expect the story of your life to unfold. — Sheena Iyengar

The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do — Gerald Abrahams

We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women. — Mindy Kaling