"It was an utterly phenomenal achievement."

-- David McCullough

#Achievement Quotes #Phenomenal Quotes

“Strong faith is not an emotion. It's a choice.”
“I like to say I donâ€™t believe in mystics . I donâ€™t believe in fate. I donâ€™t believe in destiny or kismet. I donâ€™t believe in God. I donâ€™t believe in anything. But I believe in the possibility of everything.”
“Women lie about their age; men lie about their income.”

Source : William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”
“I'm so powerful in stage that I seem to have created a monster. When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man.”
“The stars are dead. The animals will not look: We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and History to the defeated May say Alas but cannot help nor pardon.”
“Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has the Cross so seized upon your life?”

Source : St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.2318, Moody Publishers
“Changes happen when we go against everything we're used to doing.”
“Honesty was a tough customer... Once you started allowing yourself some honesty, it couldn't easily be contained or limited to one part of your life. It was like poison ivy or a bossy houseguest. Once it was there, you couldn't tell it what to do. You had to really fight to keep it from taking over.”

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