"I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event."

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Source : "A Call to America: Inspiring and Empowering Quotations from the 43 presidents of the United States". Book by Bryan Curtis, 2002.

Benjamin Harrison

#Change Quotes #Night Quotes #Events Quotes

“Come with me to the Winged Isle- Northern father's Western child Where the Dance of Ages is playing still through far marches of Acres Wild.”
“I began to research the concept of dimensionality from the point of view of quality, and not just quantity, as a mathematician might do. Taking my clues from the theosophical use made of the Vedantic levels of reality, I identified the western notion of Energy (as someting which is effecatious by means of motion), with the idea of Time. The more comprehensive dimension 'eternity' I defined as a form of energy which is efficacious without motion. In this manner I began to establish the qualities of dimensions and open out the seemingly monolithic concept of energy.”
“Equipment makes my job easier, but it doesn't affect my style.”
“Most people try to get rich by being cheap and the price for that is that you live cheap and there is so much money out there; why would you want to live cheap?”
“To know the Word of God, to live the Word of God, to preach the Word, to teach the Word, is the sum of all wisdom, the heart of all Christian service.”
“Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.”
“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”
“Effort is its own reward if you allow it to be.”

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