"It is difficulties that show what men are."

-- Epictetus

#Courage Quotes #Men Quotes #Difficulty Quotes

“And there are really never endings, happy or otherwise.”
“When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing.”
“The Savior taught His disciples, 'For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it' (Luke 9:24)."I believe the Savior is telling us that unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives. Those who live only for themselves eventually shrivel up and figuratively lose their lives, while those who lose themselves in service to others grow and flourishâ€”and in effect save their lives.”
“You have never had any confidence in him. And if he has no confidence in himself it is because he sees himself through your eyes.”
“How do I tell you what my heart's been telling me?”

Source : Song: How Do I Get There, Album: Did I Shave My Legs for This?, 1996
“Since science's competence extends to observable and measurable phenomena, not to the inner being of things, and to the means, not to the ends of human life, it would be nonsense to expect that the progress of science will provide men with a new type of metaphysics, ethics, or religion.”
“Margaret Thatcher said,you know the problem with socialism is that eventually it will run out of other people's money. And she was absolutely right.”
“Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'.”

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