"We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself."

-- Jimmy Carter

#Patriotic Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Past Quotes

“Don't judge people you don't know. You have no idea what they've been through, and you may waste an opportunity to make a new friend.”
“Writing is.... being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physicality, and spirit, and to then store it like a genie in tense, tiny black symbols on a calm white page. If the wrong reader comes across the words, they will remain just words. But for the right readers, your vision blooms off the page and is absorbed into their minds like smoke, where it will re-form, whole and alive, fully adapted to its new environment.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mary Gaitskill from May 15, 2012
“Democrats with a good understanding of the need for strong energy policy in our country, especially in these difficult economic times, recognized the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline.”
“I love more percussions more than anything. I always wanted to be a drummer.”
“Go is such a refreshing language to program in, there is very little clutter just the stuff you need to get the job done”
“We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.”
“There is no such thing as neutrality where the gospel is concerned.”
“False ideals cannot be shattered by criticism. Right ideals must take up the battle against them.”

Source : Franz Werfel (2017). “Between Heaven and Earth”, p.61, Pickle Partners Publishing

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