"I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me."

-- Alexander Hamilton

#Jesus Quotes #Looks Quotes #Merit Quotes

“Memories and possibilities are even more hideous than realities.”
“I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now!”
“I call the '70s the "golden age of television"; in the early '70s there were sensationally good shows.”
“Many of the concepts we once thought belonged to speculation or science fiction are now part of our understood reality.”
“I think people get fixated on the example of an idea.”
“The most important thing any woman can do is promote her inner well-being”
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." The adage is true as long as you don't really believe the words. But if your whole upbringing, and everything you have ever been told by parents, teachers and priests, has led you to believe, really believe, utterly and completely, that sinners burn in hell (or some other obnoxious article of doctrine such as that a woman is the property of her husband), it is entirely plausible that words could have a more long-lasting and damaging effect than deeds.”
“All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive.”

Source : Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated

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