"The truly ambitious are always as busy on the landings as they are breathless on the stairs."

-- Louis Kronenberger

#Ambitious Quotes #Busy Quotes #Stairs Quotes

“We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful. Weâ€™ve been invited into a story that begins with humility and ends with glory; never the other way around.”

Source : Jen Hatmaker (2012). “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess”, p.68, B&H Publishing Group
“I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's roll of honor.”

Source : Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft (1913). “Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz”, Putnam Juvenile
“I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children.”

Source : "Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Speaks on Governance, Elections and Other Issues". Interview with Abdoulaye W. Dukulé, www.theperspective.org. May 6, 2005.
“We don't legislate emergent technologies into existence. We almost never do. They just emerge, dragged forth by Adam Smith's invisible hand. Then we have to see what people are actually going to do with them, and try to legislate to take account of that.”
“Sorry,â€ he said, his voice thick and gruff. â€œItâ€™s morning and youâ€™re sitting on me. Thatâ€™s a combination meant to bring any man down.”
“It has always been my goal to believe in what I do and love what I do and be true to that.”
“I'm an agnostic. Sometimes I muse deeply on the forces that are for me invisible. When I am almost close to the idea of God, I feel immediately estranged by the horrors of this world, which he seems to tolerate...”

Source : "The Melting - Pot Revisited: Twenty Well - Known Americans of Polish Background". Book by Olgierd Budrewicz, 1977.
“No child can repay his father unless he finds him enslaved and then buys him and sets him free.”

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