"When I went to Africa I think that was when I really found a way to deal with what I had recently discovered; in two-dimensional terms, at least."

-- Martin Puryear

#Thinking Quotes #Two Quotes #Way Quotes

“We dare not trim stones to make God an altar, for if we do we ruin everything. We would spend time bringing people to the altar and saying, "Look at those beautiful stones we trimmed!" We merely need to accept the work that God has done for us in Christ. The object of His restrictions is to help us see how wonderful He is and to spend the rest of our lives rendering true worship to Him.”
“Expectations send unconscious signals that people respond to.”
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.”
“O, the red rose may be fair, And the lily statelier; But my shamrock, one in three Takes the very heart of me!”

Source : Katharine Tynan (1887). “Shamrocks”
“I didnâ€™t know that painters and writers retired. Theyâ€™re like soldiers â€“ they just fade away.”
“I'm lucky that my real-life Mom has both a great sense of humor about herself and an amazing ability to slip into complete denial if the subject matter gets a little too close to home.”
“It's interesting because I laugh and tell people when I give speeches, ' I know what y'all think, oh we love Ed, but he's kinda stuck up or he's kinda this or he's kinda that.'”

Source : Source: www.ebony.com
“Mrs. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rose-colored spectacles.”

Source : Alice Hegan Rice (2015). “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch”, p.3, University Press of Kentucky

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