"It is said that the compensation for the effort courage, tenacity, and endurance displayed during the journey was not happiness. Nor glory. What God offered as a reward was only rest."

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Source : Ingrid Betancourt (2010). “Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle”, p.27, Hachette UK

Ingrid Betancourt

#Journey Quotes #Effort Quotes #Endurance Quotes

“Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.”

Source : L. Frank Baum (2007). “The Adventures of Trot & Cap'n Bill Before They Went to Oz - The Sea Fairies, Sky Island”, p.66, Lulu.com
“Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.”
“I don't remember learning to read, but the first thing I remember reading is a science fiction novel.”
“How most consumers collect and interpret health information has changed.”
“When I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.”

Source : "NPR Fires Juan Williams, Journalists React". Interview with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 22, 2010.
“Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read.”
“You're perfect for the heart thats meant to #Love you”

Source : FaceBook post by Trent Shelton from Dec 01, 2013
“I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you.”

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