"War is always a professional enterprise; despair is left to amateurs."

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Hans Koning

#War Quotes #Despair Quotes #Enterprise Quotes

“No one can disgrace us but ourselves.”
“Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.”
“Nations will march towards the apex of their greatness at the same pace as their education. Nations will soar if their education soars; they will regress if it regresses. Nations will fall and sink in darkness if education is corrupted or completely abandoned”
“Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.”
“I'd love to think that people in the future would gather in theatres, at conventions, and in darkened rooms, and read it out to each other.”
“We would rather be anywhere, as long as we are somewhere. We would rather be anyone, as long as we are someone.”
“God sent Jesus to join the human experience, which means to make a lot of mistakes. Jesus didn't arrive here knowing how to walk. He had fingers and toes, confusion, sexual feelings, crazy human internal processes. He had the same prejudices as the rest of his tribe: he had to learn that the Canaanite woman was a person. He had to suffer the hardships and tedium and setbacks of being a regular person. If he hadn't the incarnation would mean nothing.”
“I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these men that are gone from us, for there is nothing that shall convince them but judgment.”

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