"A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country."

-- Frederick Douglass

#Country Quotes #Strong Quotes #4th Of July Quotes

“If you're wrestling with some sort of decision, reflect for a moment and ask yourself, Am I being brave, or am I being safe? In the end, it depends on whether we think God can be trusted.”

Source : Gary A. Haugen (2009). “Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian”, p.106, InterVarsity Press
“Know how to live the time that is given you.”
“I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.”
“Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.”
“Perhaps the most surprising thing about mathematics is that it is so surprising.”
“There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient.”
“No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it”
“If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world.”

Source : Matthew Simpson (1885). “Sermons”

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