"When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us."

-- Margery Allingham

#Inspirational Quotes #Passion Quotes #Violent Quotes

“In a world of discouragement, sorrow, and overmuch sin, in times when fear and despair seem to prevail, when humanity is feverish with no worldly physicians in sigh, I too say, Trust Jesus. Let Him still the tempest and ride upon the storm. Believe that He can lift mankind from its bed of affliction, in time and in eternity.”
“I'm a wicked ping-pong player.”
“You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.”
“The death penalty, I think, is a terrible scar on American justice, especially the concept of equal justice under law, but also of due process. And it goes state by state, and it's different in different states.”
“Enthusiastic service providers create enthusiastic customers.”
“It's your life - but only if you make it so. The standards by which you live must be your own standards, your own values, your own convictions in regard to what is right and wrong, what is true and false, what is important and what is trivial. When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else . . . you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.”
“Ballet is only good when it is great.”

Source : Arlene Croce (1977). “Afterimages”, Random House Inc
“Iâ€™m not afraid to take a swing and miss.”

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