"How we leave the world is more important than how we enter it."

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Source : Janette Oke (1990). “Father of My Heart”, Bethany House Pub

Janette Oke

#Important Quotes #World Quotes

“Steve Hadley is an interesting option as secretary of state because he is somebody that is, you know, familiar to power, served in the White House, and did not oppose Donald Trump the way a lot of the Republican foreign policy establishment did. But his name was not on that list, at least at the moment.”
“Every time we think about being happy again, it hurts to be alive. Because it seems an inordinate thing for us to wish for. And because we think that day will never come for us. And that's why the only thing we can do for now... ...is just try to get through each night.”
“There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again.”
“There's something I'm afraid to say to you too early, but I'd be a fool to wait too late.”
“Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.”
“David Langford, illustrates the difference between teaching and learning in a little story. He says, 'You know, last Wednesday I taught my dog to whistle. I really did. I taught him to whistle. It was hard work. I really went at it very hard. But I taught him to whistle. Of course, he didn't learn, but I taught.'”
“My father tried to give me the sex talk once, and he chickened out. He walked into my room and went, 'Adam - uh, don't kiss guys.'”
“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”

Source : Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.91, Cambridge University Press

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