"There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends."

-- Silvia Cartwright

#War Quotes #Character Quotes #Vivid Quotes

“I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't.”
“It's the one who won't be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.”
“Ask the missionaries, they can help you”
“I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself.”
“The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were they, and what would I do with them, and how much were they going to get in my way?”

Source : Elaine Dundy (2010). “The Dud Avocado”, p.80, New York Review of Books
“I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine Comedy.”
“To bring the best human qualities to anything like perfection, to fill them with the sweet juices of courtesy and charity, prosperity, or, at all events, a moderate amount of it, is required,--just as sunshine is needed for the ripening of peaches and apricots.”
“I am not impressed with what people own. But Iâ€™m impressed with what they achieve. Iâ€™m proud to be a physician. Always strive to be the best in your fieldâ€¦. Donâ€™t chase money. If you are the best in your field, money will find you.”

Source : Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.207, Government Institutes

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