"Give us a man, young or old, high or low, on whom we know we can thoroughly depend, who will stand firm when others fail; the friend faithful and true, the adviser honest and fearless, the adversary just and chivalrous,-in such a one there is a fragment of the Rock of Ages."

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Source : Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1865). “Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church: Vol. 1”, p.464

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

#Friendship Quotes #Men Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“What scares me is not living up to be a good enough father to my son and letting down my family - not being there enough and not being able to give enough of yourself.”
“For we direct, perform and witness performances every night â€“ theatre cannot die before the last dream has been dreamt.”
“Giving thanks is a key that opens a door to greater connectedness and greater participation in the life of the world. It is one of the most powerful spiritual practices available to us.”
“Those dreams I have at night are going to drive me crazy. Last night I dreamed that little red-haired girl and I were eating lunch together... But she's gone... She's moved away, and I don't know where she lives, and she doesn't know I even exist, and I'll never see her again... And... I wish men cried...”
“Dance is about movement and can be an art, but it's also about communication - with yourself, as much as with other people.”

Source : Jan Murray (1979). “Dance now”
“Architecture is art, nothing else.”
“Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you.”
“I've sometimes thought that it's only by recalling that desperate devotion my kids once felt for me that I can maintain my own desperate devotion in the face of their adolescent sneering.”

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