"Today, she had yielded the sovereignty of her country to Eugenides, who had given up everything he had ever hoped for, to be her King."

-- Megan Whalen Turner

#Country Quotes #Kings Quotes #Today Quotes

“The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental.”
“Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.”
“I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“On any day - in any given event - you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%”
“The probability that the bowman's arrow hits the deer does not lie in the arrow or the deer. It lies in the bowman's mind.”
“The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.”
“Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability, as well as determination not to accept failure.”

Source : "Naval Leadership : Voices of Experience". Book by Karel Montor (p. 18), 1998.
“I often had to run very quickly to be on time, and from being a fleet runner was generally successful; but when in doubt I prayed earnestly to God to help me, and I well remember that I attributed my success to the prayers and not to my quick running, and marvelled how generally I was aided.”

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