"Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often at the root of the valour men hold in such high esteem."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Courage Quotes #Men Quotes #Roots Quotes

“The case may very well be that Congress is willing to restrict campaign contributions because it has these privileges. It is true that incumbents normally get larger contributions than their challengers. The opponents at least get some money, but they do not have access to the perquisites of the incumbent.”

Source : "Government Failure: A Primer in Public Choice".
“Willpower is not about resisting, forcing, or controlling--it's about choosing.”

Source : Penney Peirce, Michael Bernard Beckwith (2011). “Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration”, p.85, Simon and Schuster
“There is nothing like marriage, for two who love one another.”
“The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail... and I'd never heard it before in my life.”
“Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.”
“The game minus slow bowling is like bread without butter or, even worse, French cuisine without the sauces.”

Source : "The Spinners' Web". Book by Trevor Bailey and Fred Trueman, 1988.
“... the battle for the acceptance of photography as Art was not only counter-productive but counter-revolutionary. The most important photography is most emphatically not Art.”
“Joys and sorrows are time-born and cannot last. Therefore, do not be perturbed by these. The greater the difficulties and obstructions, the more intense will be your endeavor to cling to His feet and the more will your prayer increase from within. And when the time is ripe, you will gain mastery over this power.”

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