Spark Matsunaga famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If we emphasize the life and works of our greatest contributors . . . people will come to realize that moral courage is bravery of the highest type, and America will be called the "Champion of Peace."
-- Spark Matsunaga

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'Tis better to be known as a good man than a great one, for greatness is an assessment of mortals; goodness a gift of God.
-- Spark Matsunaga

#Greatness #Men #Good Man
As small as it may seem, a good deed is always worth the doing.
-- Spark Matsunaga

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We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.
We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.
Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.
Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'
When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.
Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.
My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.

Spark Matsunaga famous quotes

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