"If I've done anything I'm sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven."

-- Edward Noyes Westcott

#Sorry Quotes #Done Quotes #Forgiven Quotes

“But the severe rules of discipline which the prudence of the bishops had instituted were relaxed by the same prudence in favour of an Imperial proselyte, whom it was so important to allure, by every gentle condescension, into the pale of the church; and Constantine was permitted, at least by a tacit dispensation, to enjoy most of the privileges, before he had contracted any of the obligations, of a Christian.”
“All too often we say of a man doing a good job that he is indispensable. A flattering canard, as so many disillusioned and retired and fired have discovered when the world seems to keep on turning without them. In business, a man can come nearest to indispensability by being dispensable in his current job. How can a man move up to new responsibilities if he is the only one able to handle his present tasks? It matters not how small or large the job you now have, if you have trained no one to do it as well, you're not available; you've made your promotion difficult if not impossible.”
“Nature is not a drag on growth. Its protection is an unavoidable prerequisite for sustaining economic development”

Source : "Why the economy needs nature" by Tony Juniper, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2013.
“Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it.”
“Grab life by the balls and squeeze.”
“Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.”
“Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.”

Source : Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.454
“For a homebody like me, the evolution of gadgets has been a blessing.”

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