"Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom."

-- Barack Obama

#Sorry Quotes #Kind Quotes #Cynicism Quotes

“Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.”
“I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.”

Source : Quoted in Charles Robert Leslie, Memoirs of the Life of John Constable (1843)
“Just imagine going to war over Danzig - such a world catastrophe, just to prevent Germany from getting a piece of territory that belonged to her; because Britain was afraid of Germany getting too strong.”
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?”
“The more privilege you have, the more opportunity you have. The more opportunity you have, the more responsibility you have.”
“What about this?" I held up a battered copy of Beauty and the Beast. "It sounds romantic." Xavier wrinkled his nose. "Disney... I don't think so." "Why not?" "Because if anyone found out, I'd never live it down." "I won't tell if you don't," I pleaded, and Xavier shook his head in defeat. "The things I do for you," He said with an exaggerated sigh.”
“When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.”
“Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.”

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