"The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords."

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Source : Rectorial Address, Glasgow University, 7 November 1923, in 'The Times' 8 November 1923

F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead

#Heart Quotes #World Quotes #Glitter Quotes

“We went to see him later (on Saturday night) and he was sitting on his hospital bed, getting pelters from my missus for still being in his dirty kit, absolutely stinking.”
“We must in imagination sweep off the drifted matter that clogs the surface of the ground; we must suppose all the covering of moss and heath and wood to be torn away from the sides of the mountains, and the green mantle that lies near their feet to be lifted up; we may then see the muscular integuments, and sinews, and bones of our mother Earth, and so judge of the part played by each of them during those old convulsive movements whereby her limbs were contorted and drawn up into their present posture.”
“Learn to fail or fail to learn”

Source : Tal Ben-Shahar (2014). “Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness”, p.130, The Experiment
“If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.”
“Are you by any chance acquainted with the words 'steel toe'? Or do the words 'permanent dent' mean anything to you?" My locker door is not intimidated. "My grandfather was a vault at Fort Knox, and if you try to dent me with a kick you will only tear some ligament that will never mend.”

Source : David Klass (2007). “You Don't Know Me”, p.176, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
“Actually, you know what? You keep thinking I'm God's gift to women, angel. It's better for me if you believe I'm the best you can get.”
“The Commission's findings underscore that the nation is still vulnerable to attack and that we must move more quickly to make us safer. We must take the Commission's work and use it to make certain that such horrific attacks never occur again.”
“We never repent of having eaten too little.”

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