"It's not success that makes a person's life worthy of legend. It's provocative defeat, someone who struggled mightily and lost. And that loss can't just be gratuitous - there has to be something about his or her character that whittles that loss into something provocative."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Lawrence Douglas

#Character Quotes #Loss Quotes #Defeat Quotes

“Wealthy Americans who benefit hugely from a system rigged in their favor react with hysteria to anyone who points out just how rigged the system is.”

Source : "Panic of the Plutocrats". www.nytimes.com. October 9, 2011.
“And that, my friend, is how the world ends. On the edge of a precipice, with one foot over the edge, it stops, turns and goes back, leaving an empty earth of birds and insects, wind, rain and rusting weapons.”

Source : Jack Finney (2013). “About Time: 12 Short Stories”, p.54, Simon and Schuster
“How many of my basic principles were upset by this change in my attitude toward the Christian Social movement! My views with regard to anti-Semitism thus succumbed to the passage of time, and this was my greatest transformation of all.”
“I am a little pencil in God's hands. He does the thinking. He does the writing. He does everything and sometimes it is really hard because it is a broken pencil and He has to sharpen it a little more.”
“I saw you, and I wanted to be close to you. I wanted you to let me in. I wanted to know you in a way no one else did. I wanted you, all of you. That wanting nearly drove me mad.â€ Patch paused, inhaling softly, as though breathing me in. â€œAnd now that I have you, the only thing that terrifies me is having to go back to that place. Having to want you all over again, with no hope of my desire ever being fulfilled. Youâ€™re mine, Angel. Every last piece of you. I wonâ€™t let anything change that.”
“Christian ethics is not primarily an individualistic, one-on-one-with-God brand of personal holiness; rather it has to do with living the life of the Spirit in Christian community and in the world.”

Source : Gordon D. Fee (1994). “Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God”, p.81, Baker Academic
“You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.”
“And fathers, . . . listen to [your returned missionary sons], and connect with them in regular, focused conversation. Talk with them in depth about their feelings and desires. Pray with them and give them blessings as they face the important decisions in their future.”

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