"It's easy to be a tough competitor and still be the kind of person with whom people love to compete."

-- Chuck Thompson

#People Quotes #Tough Quotes #Kind Quotes

“By doing something positive in this world, you're helping people and the future. We're all trying to help the world... make it a better place to live. We're actually still changing the world, aren't we?”
“On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, â€˜Life will never be the same.â€™ Because there had never been anyone like you ever in the world.”
“I'd rather be in the heart of Africa in the will of God, than on the throne of England, out of the will of God.”
“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.”

Source : "The Book-Lover's Enchiridion" by Alexander Ireland, (p. 94), 1884.
“I cannot tell you what joy it gave me to bring the first soul to the Lord Jesus Christ. I have tasted almost all the pleasures that this world can give. I do not suppose there is one that I have not experienced, but I can tell you that those pleasures were as nothing compared to the joy that the saving of that one soul gave me.”
“When you wear a mask, it changes your outward appearance, but also has an influence on you, inside.”
“When I buy cookies I eat just four and throw the rest away. But first I spray them with Raid so I won't dig them out of the garbage later. Be careful, though, because Raid really doesn't taste that bad.”
“No one is shallow and vulgar forever; sooner or later the whole species likes to be profound.”

Source : Carol Bly (2000). “My Lord Bag of Rice: New and Selected Stories”, p.51, Milkweed Editions

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