"A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind."

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Source : John Lothrop Motley (1858). “The rise of the Dutch Republic: a history in three volumes”, p.21

John Lothrop Motley

#Civilization Quotes #Mind Quotes

“The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.”
“The greatest joy is my lifestyle, where me and my husband and our kids who go to internet school so they have the freedom to travel with me are able to do what we want, when we want, where we want.”
“The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.”
“I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I understand that a man can have everything having nothing and nothing having everything.”
“Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.”
“People spend all their time focused on things they can't control. In truth, there are only two things you can control: your attitude and your work ethic.”
“Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.”

Source : "The Rope". Play by Plautus, 211 BC.

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