"I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command."

-- George McGovern

#Mind Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Speak Quotes

“Cautionary tales were fantastic in the '70s.”
“Golf is a weird sport. Some days you got it. Some days you don't.”
“I'm a personality - like a George Plimpton who effectively plays himself in a bunch of different roles, or a Paul Lynde-type character.”
“What this misguided world and generation needs is a massive group of courageous and caring, wise and unwearying women.”
“And so, while the rest of the world went on unaware, drinking their coffee, reading the sports page, and picking up their dry cleaning, I leaned forward and kissed Dexter, making a choice that would change everything. Maybe somewhere there was a ripple, a bit of jump, some small shift in the universe, barely noticeable. I didnâ€™t feel it then. I felt only him kissing me back, easing me into the sunlight as I lost myself in the taste of him and felt the world go on, just as it always had, all around us.”
“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.”

Source : Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“When we are young, friends are, like everything else, a matter of course. In the old days we know what it means to have them.”
“I cant write about something I dont admire. It goes back to the old concept of the celebration: you celebrate the hero, an idea.”

Source : Frank O'Connor, Michael A. Steinman (1994). “A Frank O'Connor Reader”, p.13, Syracuse University Press

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