"Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions."

-- Stanley Schmidt

#Character Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Action Quotes

“Until the president produces a responsible deficit reduction plan, I'm not going to the White House to negotiate with myself.”

Source : "La. Rep. Refuses Obama Invitation to be "Lectured to" at GOP Debt Meeting" by L.A. Holmes, www.foxnews.com. June 1, 2011.
“I love Marvel and the people there. Im glad I m still part of it.”
“Revival is the return of God's manifest presence to His people for the purpose of them renewing their relationship with Him, with each other and for the good of the broader society. It is necessary because much of what God determines to do, or not do, in the world is determined by His relationship to His people.”
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.”
“Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.”
“The student of biology is often struck with the feeling that historians, when dealing with the rise and fall of nations, do not generally view the phenomena from a sufficiently high biological standpoint. To me, at least, they seem to attach too much importance to individual rulers and soldiers, and to particular wars, policies, religions, and customs; while at the same time they make little attempt to extract the fundamental causes of national success or failure.”
“I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early days though, so who knows.”
“Take spring when it comes and rejoice. Take happiness when it comes and rejoice. Take love when it comes and rejoice.”

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