Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~ Winston Churchill
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~ Winston Churchill
"This is Osama Bin Laden and this war has just started."
In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened. ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event. ~ Gaston Bachelard
I enjoy a good quote. Here's one I found not long ago by someone who said a lot of interesting things - his quotes are quite engaging. I find some truth in this for sure.
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...ochefouca.html
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.~ Maya Angelou
For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions. ~ Michel de Montaigne
All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. ~ Albert Camus
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free. ~
Charles de Montesquieu
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ. ~ Charles de Montesquieu
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live. ~
Marilyn Monroe
It was a long time before I appreciated quotes that came in all-seriousness. That's because there is so much of our planet that must be treated with satire and humor. It was only when I realized that we could actually lose our rights to be humorous and satirical that I began to enjoy some very serious stuff. ~ C A Cafolini
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truths than lies. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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