"I am tough minded, but not hard hearted."

-- Ronnie Apteker

#Tough Quotes #Hearted Quotes #Hard Quotes

“Her air, her manners, all who saw admir'd; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retir'd; The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And ease of heart her every look convey'd.”
“Wilderness is a place where the wild potential is fully expressed, a diversity of living and nonliving beings flourishing according to their own sorts of order. In ecology we speak of "wild systems." When an ecosystem is fully functioning, all the members are present at the assembly. To speak of wilderness is to speak of wholeness. Human beings came out of that wholeness, and to consider the possibility of reactivating membership in the Assembly of All Beings is in no way regressive.”
“Afghanistan is a land-locked country.”

Source : "After nearly a century, a modern Afghan railroad is under construction" by Ivan Watson, www.cnn.com. September 27, 2010.
“It sounds like a cliche but there are no shorts cuts. You have to be very dedicated and challenge yourself everyday to be better.”

Source : "Casey Stoney: England defender on Messi, Ronaldo and Arsenal". Twitter Q&A, www.bbc.com. March 8, 2016.
“Perhaps blue, red, and yellow strike the mind more forcibly from there not being any great union between them, as martial music, which is intended to rouse the nobler passions...”
“They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.”
“Paganism is that view of life which finds the highest goal of human existence in the healthy and harmonious and joyous development of existing human faculties. Very different is the Christian ideal. Paganism is optimistic with regard to unaided human nature, whereas Christianity is the religion of the broken heart.”

Source : John Gresham Machen (1923). “Christianity and Liberalism”, p.65, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“Ash should take the ladies, because he's charming." Ash looked pleased. Jared raised his eyebrows. "Are you saying that I'm not a charmer?" "You are very dear to me, but you have all the savoir faire of a wildebeest," Kami told him. "A wildebeest," Jared repeated. "A dashingly handsome wildebeest," Kami assured him.”

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