"We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us."

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Source : Hannah More (1840). “The Miscellaneous Works of Hannah More”, p.447

Hannah More

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“Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and Rome no one would have dreamed of considering political leaders anyone's servants. The job of the leader was to lead. But Christ invented the notion that the way to lead is by serving the needs of others, especially those who are the most needy.”

Source : Dinesh D'Souza (2008). “What's So Great about Christianity”, Tyndale House Pub
“There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.”
“If there are Muslims who believe that they've got to kill Christians to make a way for the Islamic faith in the West, not only would they be disappointed, but it will lead to conflict, there's no doubt about that.”
“A big chunk of Western civilization, consciously or otherwise, has given the impression that it's dying to surrender to somebody, anybody. Reasonably enough, Islam figures: Hey, why not us?”
“In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.”
“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I only attract loving people in my world for they are a mirror of what I am.”
“The soul has words as petals.”

Source : Edmond Jabes, Edmond Jabès, Rosmarie Waldrop (1991). “The Book of Questions: Volume I [The Book of Questions, The Book of Yukel, Return to the Book]”, p.61, Wesleyan University Press

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