"A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities."

-- Charles de Gaulle

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Character Quotes

“An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I mean, this is called extinction.”

Source : "Asteroid". "NOVA scienceNOW" with Neil Degrasse Tyson, www.pbs.org. October 3, 2006.
“The CD is dedicated to our dog Nell, who passed away last year.”
“The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.”
“Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.”

Source : William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.615, Pearson Education
“Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.”

Source : "Channeling" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. September 03, 2009.
“I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.”
“He was about as useful in a crisis as a sheep.”
“Your own regrets may not be as ugly as you think they are.”

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