Pastoral Resources

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.

Most of the time it's the parents who recognise me. They try to tell their kids, 'Look, it's Giselle,' and I say, 'No, no, no, don't ruin this for them,' because I'm usually standing there with my hair sideways and no make-up on. And the kid is saying, 'That is not Giselle. No way. That is some worn-out girl who really needs a bath.'

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.

What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

Are you to give up the fight and let this vast body of our wealth go to ruin? I do not believe it.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.

Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.

Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.