Jean-Pierre Rives famous quotes

The whole point of rugby is that it is, first and foremost, a state of mind, a spirit.
-- Jean-Pierre Rives

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The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.

Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.

You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.

And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.

It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.

I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.

If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.

Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God.