"Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Memorial Day Quotes #Children Quotes #Hero Quotes

“Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.”
“I try to keep my sitters moving and talking, to make them forget they are being painted. This has nothing to do with extracting intimate secrets or confessions, but rather with establishing, in motion, an essential image of the kind that remains in memory or recurs in dreams.”
“Pride is the switch that turns off priesthood power. Humility is a switch that turns it on . . . . Some suppose that humility is about beating ourselves up. Humility does not mean convincing ourselves that we are worthless, meaningless, or of little value. Nor does it mean denying or withholding the talents God has given us. We don't discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves. It comes as we go about our work with an attitude of serving God and our fellowman.”
“My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.”
“For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.”

Source : Simon van Booy (2014). “The Secret Lives of People in Love”, p.271, Oneworld Publications
“Them as counts counts moren them as dont count”
“If the Christian does not know when God is speaking, he is in trouble at the heart of his Christian life!”
“I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.”

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