"I've never regretted I was born too soon. I'm proud to be a child of the twentieth century. I'm satisfied to join its ranks on our side and fight for a new world..."

-- Naz?m Hikmet

#Children Quotes #Fighting Quotes #World Quotes

“I am a Christian. I know I am a Christian, knowing that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.”

Source : "Ronnie Milsap's Gospel Music". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.
“I don't know why this world keeps turning, round and round. But I wish it would stop and let me off right now!”
“The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.”
“Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.”
“A sense of continuity with the rest of creation is a form of religious experience essential to sanity.”
“Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale.”
“Never stop writing because you have run out of ideas. Fill the lacunae of inspiration by tidily copying out what is already written.”
“When we are conscious of the least comparative merit in ourselves, we should take as much care to conceal the value we set upon it, as if it were a real defect; to be elated or vain upon it is showing your money before people in want.”

Source : Colley Cibber (1830). “An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian”, p.27

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