"I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow... for bitter bread, earned under the frowns of some who have no natural or divine right to be above me, and entirely owe their grandeur and honor to grinding the faces of the poor..."

-- James Otis

#Hands Quotes #Sweat Quotes #Honor Quotes

“There are people who want to live and then the people who want to hold them down. I've tried to not be one of the latter my entire life.”
“CO2 is a pollutant? Tell that to the plants.”
“there won't be any pain, he promised. Only an eternity together. Come back to me. (Stanton, book #5)”
“He looked at her rather as a man looks at a problem that he would very much prefer to do without. She supposed it was a distinction of a sort to be a harassment to a king.”
“The soul is one with its faith.”
“I have to believe that somebody up there thinks I've still got some work to do.”
“We are the natural nurturers of the Earth Mother. The Earth Mother needs our help, she needs our prayers. We need to educate the women of the world that prayer works.”
“We say of the oak, How grand of girth! Of the willow we say, How slender! And yet to the soft grass clothing the earth How slight is the praise we render.”

Source : Edgar Fawcett (1891). “Songs of Doubt and Dream (poems)”

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