"Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. He snatched the lightning from the sky and the sceptre from tyrants."

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Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

#Sky Quotes #Tyrants Quotes #Lightning Quotes

“The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Not me. I don't want to be a manager or a dictator. I want to be a leader-and leadership is ongoing, adjustable, flexible, and dynamic. As such, leaders have to maintain a certain amount of discretion”
“What goes on inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any given instant.”
“Be a vegetarian. That was the best advice I ever took. It means I'm not involved in killing, that's the main thing.”
“Wealth is good, and if it comes our way we will take it; but a gentleman does not sell himself for wealth.”

Source : H. Rider Haggard (2012). “King Solomon's Mines”, p.86, Courier Corporation
“The Bible isn't a storybook with many heroes. No, there's only one hero in Scripture: the Son, the Lamb, the Savior, the King, the Redeemer - Jesus.”
“Racing drivers have balls, unfortunantly, none of them are crystal”
“Although computer-generated artificial intelligence eludes us, artificial stupidity has been perfected.”
“You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.”

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