"Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fled;For every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led."

-- Henry Van Dyke

#Gratitude Quotes #Art Quotes #Father Quotes

“To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.”

Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.79, Cambridge University Press
“If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.”
“People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity-and the infinite variations between-without criticism or ridicule.”

Source : Leslie Feinberg (1998). “Trans liberation: beyond pink or blue”, Beacon Pr
“I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.”
“This is who I want to be in the world. This is who I think we are supposed to be, people who help call forth human beings from deep inside hopelessness.”
“As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.”
“What I'm asking people to do is to look at their lives, wherever they may be. I mean, you may be a housewife or a mother in Gauteng and you're driving your kid to school, you know, and you've got one kid in the back and you're driving 30 kilometres to school and 30 kilometres back, so 60 kilometres in a day, to take one child to school. Is there a possibility that you can put a few more kids, some friends' kids in the car, and start saving on those types of things?”
“The resurrection was God's way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.”

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