"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks."

-- Thomas Jefferson

#Being Strong Quotes #Nature Quotes #Character Quotes

“This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts, and endowments.”

Source : Johann Arndt (1868). “True Christianity: A Treatise on Sincere Repentance, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc”, p.187
“Oh, it's you," Curran's voice said quietly. "I thought it was an elephant.”
“Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery”
“When you are alone - at sea, in the polar dark - an absence can keep you alive. The one you love maintains your mind. But when she's merely across the city, this is an absence that eats you to the bone.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2009). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.55, A&C Black
“People align with movements they can believe in, and it is the human, intellectual, and financial investment in genuine content that defines experiences.”
“At Oxford University, the certainties of my atheist faith (and atheism is a faith) began to crumble”
“Contrary to many of the rumors and innuendo in circulation, I wholeheartedly believe that Obama views Israels security as absolute.”
“When the playing is over, one can sense that one's youth has been spent playing a game, and now both the game and youth are gone.”

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