"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."

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Source : "The Armed Forces Prayer Book". Book edited by Daniel Alfred Poling, 1951.

Chester W. Nimitz

#Giving Up Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Army Quotes

“To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.”
“When the venture has been made of dealing with historical events and characters, it always seems fair towards the reader to avow what liberties have been taken, and how much of the sketch is founded on history.”

Source : Charlotte Mary Yonge (2015). “Delphi Complete Novels of Charlotte Mary Yonge (Illustrated)”, p.7498, Delphi Classics
“No employment can be managed without arithmetic, no mechanical invention without geometry.”
“The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.”
“When Men are irritated, and the Passions inflamed, they fly hastily and cheerfully to Arms; but after the first emotions are over, to expect, among such People, as compose the bulk of an Army, that they are influenced by any other principles than those of Interest, is to look for what never did, and I fear never will happen”
“A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away”

Source : Sri Aurobindo (2016). “‌‌Bases of Yoga: Art of living”, p.3, editionNEXT.com
“I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.”
“The Lord is a good psychologist: he knows the way our minds run. Turmoil can be the Lord's way of tapping us on the shoulder and saying, 'Don't forget me.'”

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