"Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military excellence. The Corps has come to be recognized worldwide as an elite force of fighting men, renowned for their physical endurance, for their high level of obedience, and for the fierce pride they take, as individuals, in the capacity for self discipline."

-- Clare Boothe Luce

#Military Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Pride Quotes

“Patriarchy values the hard over the soft; the tough over the tender; punishment, vengeance, and vindictiveness over compassion, negotiation, and reconciliation. The 'hard' qualities are linked to power, success, and masculinity - and exalted. The 'soft' qualities are identified with weakness, powerlessness, and femininity - and denigrated.”
“Thereâ€™s plenty that poetry cannot do, but the miracle, of course, is how much it can do, how much it does do.”
“But I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in paper and cloth and glue, such perishable things for ideas have lasted thousands of years . . . I hope I am always walled in by the very weight and breadth and clumsy, inefficient, antiquated bulk of them, hope that I spend my last days on this Earth arranging and rearranging them on thrones of good, honest pine, oak, and mahogany, because I just like to look at their covers, and dream of the promise of the great stories inside.”
“In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.”

Source : Howard Schultz (2011). “Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing Its Soul”, p.200, Rodale
“Perception and reality are two different things.”
“I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.”
“Fear is an affirmation of your growth.”

Source : Rhonda Britten (2002). “Fearless Living: Live Without Excuses and Love Without Regret”, p.64, Penguin
“Today many of these selfish politicians are preying on the nation itself - (belching corruption and farting discontent!)”

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