"During the time I have had WACs under my command, they have met every test and task assigned to them...their contributions in efficiency, skill, spirit, and determination are immeasurable."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower

#Determination Quotes #War Quotes #Skills Quotes

“You must purge yourself of all thoughts of self-importance, and all inclination to judge either yourself or others. You must go to power with humility and deep respect.”
“The caliber of actors I'm getting to work with and learn from on a daily basis is phenomenal for me as a developing actor.”

Source : "‘The Good Wife’: Graham Phillips Stirs Up Trouble" by Chris Harnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2012.
“It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscience better than autocracy. Witness the most famous of all trials. Pilate was, from the standpoint of the Jews, certainly the representative of autocracy. Yet he tried to protect freedom. And he yielded to a democracy.”
“The act is judged of by the event.”
“I'd much rather insult people and make 'em angry. Donnie Darko's very controversial. Not all of my friends like it. Honestly, it's almost become a test for me. If somebody says they don't like Donnie Darko, I think, "Oh, I don't know you as well as I thought I did."”
“Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)”
“I plan to die at my desk.”
“The discussion of the game of marbles seems to have led us into rather deep waters. But in the eyes of children the history of the game of marbles has quite as much importance as the history of religion or of forms of government. It Is a history, moreover, that is magnificently spontaneous; and it was therefore perhaps not entirely useless to seek to throw light on the child's judgment of moral value by a preliminary study of the social behaviour of children amongst themselves.”

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