"And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood."

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Source : John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.17, Anza Publishing

John Sergeant Wise

#Brother Quotes #Father Quotes #Inspiration Quotes

“You jump right over anything in the past, and you don't analyze problems.”
“I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.”
“My restaurants are never opened on Thanksgiving; I want my staff to spend time with their family if they can. My feeling is, if I can't figure out how to make money the rest of the year so that my workers can enjoy the holidays, then I don't deserve to be an owner.”
“The good-news stories in medicine are early detection, early intervention.”
“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.”
“Sydney discovers that she minds the loss of her mourning. When she grieved, she felt herself to be intimately connected to Daniel. But with each passing day, he floats away from her. When she thinks about him now, it is more as a lost possibility than as a man. She has forgotten his breath, his musculature.”
“There is never such a thing as learning too much. We can always delve deeper, and in fact we should!”
“I've learned that each day is definitely a gift.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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