"Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach."

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#Life Quotes #Success Quotes #Country Quotes

“People never will recollect that mere learning and mere cleverness are of next to no value in life, while energy and intellectual grip, the things that are inborn and cannot be taught, are everything.”
“Strength is a capacity for endurance. One of the dividends of suffering is the universal discovery the we posses a strength within us we never knew we had. Navigating through a difficult episode not only shows us that inner strength is there but convinces us it will always be there to serve us in the future. Overcoming gives us an assurance of personal confidence and value that far exceeds what we thought we possessed before our struggles began.”

Source : Dennis Wholey (1992). “When the worst that can happen already has: conquering life's most difficult times”, Hyperion Books
“So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the Mafia. So to be more precise, government is the agency of coercion that has flags in front of its offices.”
“Learn the true topography; the monstrous and wonderful archetypes are not inside you, not inside your consciousness; you are inside them, trapped and howling to get out”
“Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.”
“He wants to be grown-up. How different dreams can be! Nature will soon grant your wish.”
“Prayer is a declaration of dependence upon God.”
“Stormy Weather is really wonderful - it ought to be required reading for everyone who is concerned about our planet's climate, beginning in every high school in the country.”

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