"It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more."

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Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.106

Adoniram Judson

#Giving Quotes #Desire Quotes #Use Quotes

“Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.”

Source : "Delphi Complete Works of Plutarch". Book by Plutarch, translation by Bernadotte Perrin, "Solon", 2013.
“He who reckons ten friends has not one.”
“When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction. Usually it goes in many directions within each song. They get really convoluted sometimes.”
“Comes the time when it's later and onto your table the headwaiter puts the bill”

Source : Robert Creeley, Benjamin Friedlander (2008). “Selected Poems, 1945-2005”, p.65, Univ of California Press
“None but the weak crave to be better than. Strong men are satisfied with their own strength.”
“If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible.”
“Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.”
“North Americans as a whole need to embrace having clothes altered to their body. I hear it all the time: why do the Europeans always look so good? They have a relationship with their tailor and spend the time and money to make their clothes look their best.”

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