"The strength that we want is not a brute, unregulated strength; the beauty that we want is no mere surface beauty; but we want a beauty on the surface of life that is from the central force of principle within, as the beauty on the cheek of health is from the central force at the heart."

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Source : Adam Reid, Benjamin Wood, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Henry Brewster Stanton, Laurens Perseus Hickok (1850). “Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851”

Mark Hopkins

#Heart Quotes #Want Quotes #Principles Quotes

“History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise.”

Source : Wilson Greatbatch (2000). “The Making of the Pacemaker: Celebrating a Lifesaving Invention”
“Nothing has changed since I began. My eye has permitted no change. I am going to keep things like this.”
“Exercise is a great leveler. It doesn't matter how rich you are, you can't just buy your way into a great body. You have to do the work. I find that comforting. It's one of the few things in life where we're all on a level playing field.”
“The only way to change the world is to change yourself.”

Source : Sarah Susanka (2007). “The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters”, p.38, Random House
“Usually when people say they have mixed feelings about something, it's a sort of euphemistic way of saying they hate it.”
“I'd rather work with a grassroots organization than in politics. I'm not sure I'd be the best politician because I don't think I'm good about tactfully tiptoeing around questions in the right way.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know.”
“English has a better way with colloquialisms. It has colloquialisms that are colorful and expressive but not too heavy or distracting. In German, if you use colloquialisms, it quickly descends into some kind of dialect literature.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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