"The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures."

-- Walter Mosley

#Pressure Quotes #Needs Quotes #Influence Quotes

“The world's theology is easy to define. It is the view that human beings are basically good, that no one is really lost, that belief in Jesus Christ is not necessary for salvation.”

Source : James Montgomery Boice (1986). “Foundations of the Christian Faith”, p.674, InterVarsity Press
“I remember to breathe throughout the day. I remind myself that I can choose peace, no matter what is going on around me. Whenever I desire, I can retreat to that quiet place within simply by closing my eyes.”

Source : FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Dec 30, 2012
“When you're 20, we all make stupid and impulsive decisions.”
“The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.”
“In recent years a new International System has been developing, oriented toward the establishment of norms and principles of universal jurisdiction, above national sovereignty, in the areas of what is called the New Agenda...we have to confront ..... what I dare to call the Anglo-Saxon prejudice against the establishment of supra-national organizations.”
“Optimism approves of everything, submits to everything, believes everything; it is the virtue above all of the taxpayer.”
“I've been proud to be national champion. I've really enjoyed it. I have very little opportunity to remind people that I'm British and it's a nice way of staying in touch. I'm going to defend it fiercely. I want to keep it.”

Source : "Hard ride to redemption for one man and his sport" by William Fotheringham, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2008.
“It would be great if all the fast-food outlets, slaughterhouses, these laboratories and the banks who fund them exploded tomorrow.”

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