"May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country."

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Source : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns

Zebulon Pike

#Country Quotes #Memorial Day Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“People never fail to amaze me. They face the unimaginable with a shot of grace and a rush of adrenaline; they steel their nerves; they summon their cool or anger or faith or whatever it takes to pull them through, and they go on to live another day.”
“You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.”

Source : "I was never about boo hoo hoo". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2008.
“Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons”
“You should make your diet one that best fits you and how you feel. Listen to your body. The most important thing is to exercise, drink lots of water, and take really good care of yourself.”
“There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.”
“It's hard to plan and plot attacks against America if you're on the run, and that's exactly what our brave professionals are doing.”
“Sleep is the gateway to those nightly visitations of the irrational.”

Source : Gayle Greene (2009). “Insomniac”, p.39, Univ of California Press
“It is generally admitted, and very frequently proved, that virtue and genius, and all the natural good qualities which men possess, are derived from their mothers.”

Source : Theodore Edward Hook (1834). “Love and Pride”, p.39

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