"People have an obligation to live up to their potential."

-- Bette Midler

#People Quotes #Obligation Quotes

“There's almost a Darwinian quality about the NFL.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
“Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if some manufacturer would make a toy as tough, as staunch, as hard to crack open as the carton it comes in!”
“What discord we should bring into the universe if our prayers were all answered. Then we should govern the world and not God. And do you think we should govern it better? It gives me only pain when I hear the long, wearisome petitions of people asking for they know not what. . . . Thanks-giving with a full heart-and the rest silence and submission to the divine will!”
“Men are respectable only as they respect.”
“Absurdity is one of the most human things about us: a manifestation of our most advanced and interesting characteristics.”

Source : Thomas Nagel (2012). “Mortal Questions”, p.23, Cambridge University Press
“The Lord has set no limits on what He is willing to teach us and give us. We are the only ones who set limits--through our neglect our disobedience or ignorance. We are in large measure the ones who determine what we will learn and experience in mortality, and what we will receive eternally.”
“I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.”

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