"There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to begin a war and to end it."

-- Alexis de Tocqueville

#War Quotes #Two Quotes #People Quotes

“It will sometimes be necessary to use falsehood for the benefit of those who need such a mode of treatment.”
“We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war with ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others.”
“The values and the relationships of the people I love around me are my real riches. That's my lasting wealth.”

Source : "NBA player who made $30 million explains why he's quitting at age 26" by Tony Manfred, www.businessinsider.com. February 25, 2015.
“The tougher the job, the greater the reward.”

Source : George Allen (1990). “Strategies for winning: a top coach's game plan for victory in football and in life”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit, is more powerful than the most nobly-born profound scholar without that inspiration. He who is educated by the Divine Spirit can, in his time, lead others to receive the same Spirit.”
“I guess I see a part of myself in everyone I write about. I tend to write about kids who are obsessed with something, and even though I have never been good with machines the way Hugo is, I did love miniature things when I was a kid.”
“I used to think that humor was the only way to appreciate how wonderful and terrible the world is, to celebrate how big life is. But now I think the opposite. Humor is a way of shrinking from that wonderful and terrible world.”
“It was strange to find them here, still alive, with their shared bits of past that suddenly counted for nothing.”

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