"During those days when you're exhausted and during those days when you're frustrated, during those days when you're being attacked by your own people for doing what you think is right, remember you're part of a progression that goes back a long time of ordinary people who are doing their best to make it a better world."

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Source : Source: www.bilerico.com

Cleve Jones

#Thinking Quotes #Remember You Quotes #Remembers You Quotes

“We are called to reflect the Lord's beauty through our lives as much as through our words, and God will use this in His own perfect time.”
“I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality.”
“If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?”
“The greatest adventure in life - knowing God - begins at the Cross of Christ and ends with a "Hallelujah!"”
“We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know, it doesn't need defending.”
“Believing in books is a lot like believing in God.”
“The hammer doesn't build the house.”
“I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit.”

Source : "A year in the eye of the storm". Interview with Andrew Rawnsley, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2011.

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