"If it is true that strength is the child of effort and pain, then most of us will have the opportunity to learn strength. . . . Effort is standing up to the storm. Pain comes from enduring the worst the storm can throw at us. But then so does strength."

-- Joseph M. Marshall III

#Children Quotes #Pain Quotes #Adversity Quotes

“My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the noise of democracy. I like the sound of people in the streets making noise."”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.”

Source : Steven Brust (2003). “The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha”, p.98, Macmillan
“Getting into my teen years, I was filled with so much shame and pain that I got really involved with drugs and alcohol. I was hanging out with the wrong people and getting involved in the wrong relationships and everything just sort of spun out of control.”

Source : "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.
“A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.”
“I'm not a prophet of doom, I'm a prophet of love. But love will bid a warning doom to the children who play on the freeway. We need to wake up...”
“I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.”
“It has not fallen to your lot to command great armies. You had to create them, organize them and inspire them.”
“The Americans lecture the world on democracy and then wonâ€™t let me turn the traction control off!”

Source : "Top Gear: Series 5". TV Series, October 24, 2004.

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