"Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things."

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Source : Janette Oke (1990). “Father of My Heart”, Bethany House Pub

Janette Oke

#Wise Quotes #People Quotes #Causes Quotes

“Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in the sense that it was the United States initial or baptismal experience in nation-building.”

Source : "Author Q&A: Miguel Syjuco revisits the Philippines' troubled past in Ilustrado". Interview with Brian Lynch, www.straight.com. October 28, 2010.
“Destiny is not a strange power which determines what shall happen to me. It is myself as given, formed by nature, history, and myself. My destiny is the basis of my freedom; my freedom participates in shaping my destiny.”
“Like apples in a barrel infected by one rotten one, the corruption of Greece would infect Iran and all to the east. It would also carry infection to Africa through Asia Minor and Egypt, and to Europe through Italy and France, already threatened by the strongest domestic Communist parties in Western Europe. The Soviet Union was playing one of the greatest gambles in history at minimal cost. It did not need to will all the possibilities. Even one or two offered immense gains. We and we alone were in a position to break up the play.”

Source : "Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department". Book by Dean Acheson, 1969.
“I want to honor Jesus with the things I say and the things I choose not to say. Lord, help us all be so careful with sharing opinions as if they are truth.”
“You have no idea how long a year is until youâ€™re stone sober.”
“When the ability to have movement across social class becomes virtually impossible, I think it is the beginning of the end of a country. And because education is so critical to success in this country, if we don't figure out a way to create greater mobility across social class, I do think it will be the beginning of the end.”

Source : "Opening the Door for Low-Income Students to Overcome 'Aristocracy' of Higher Ed". www.pbs.org. September 08, 2013.
“Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.”
“Other people's creativity inspires me. Seeing great art, or reading a fab book or watching an interesting documentary or an exciting film - these things make me want to let my own imagination fly.”

Source : Source: www.teenink.com

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