"Our weaknesses are always evident, both to ourselves and others. But our strengths are hidden until we choose to reveal them--and that is when we are truly tested. When all that we have within is exposed, and we may no longer blame our inadequacies for our failure, but must instead depend upon our strengths to succeed ... that is when the measure of a man is taken, my boy."

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Source : James A. Owen (2010). “Here, There Be Dragons”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

James A. Owen

#Taken Quotes #Men Quotes #Boys Quotes

“Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake?”
“It's impossible to write and produce a record when your parents are dying. I really tried, I really, really tried, but it just wouldn't come.”

Source : "Anita Baker Back After 10-Year Hiatus". www.foxnews.com. September 12, 2004.
“I have not the smallest doubt that, if we had a purely democratic government here, the effect would be the same. Either the poor would plunder the rich, and civilisation would perish; or order and property would be saved by a strong military government, and liberty would perish.”
“The end of a marriage has got to be one of the saddest events one can experience. I've heard that the pain [of divorce] is second only to an actual death in the family, and that sounds about right.”
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.13, Profile Books
“Recognize the cunning man not by the corpses he pays homage to but by the living writers he conspires against with the most shameful weapon, Silence, or the briefest review.”
“I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.”
“I think the worst kind of grief is unacknowledged grief.”

Source : "The survivor" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2001.

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