"I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in a court for whichever side has paid you, affecting warmth and conviction, and doing everything you can to win the case, whatever your private opinion may be, will soon dull any fine sense of honour. The mercenary soldier is not a valued creature, but at least he risks his life, whereas these men merely risk their next fee."

-- Patrick O'Brian

#Men Quotes #Winning Quotes #Risk Quotes

“I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it?”
“Don't try to blame the pain on anyone. Blaming others won't erase the pain.”
“Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.”
“Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.”
“I look one move ahead... the best!”
“Prayer is an attitude of the heart.”
“When you really want something, and you couple that with an understanding of your nature, of your spiritual being, and the laws that govern you, you will keep going, regardless of what's happened. Nothing will stop you.”
“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”

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