"A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves"

-- James Lee Burke

#Lying Quotes #Stealing Quotes #Theft Quotes

“Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane.”
“A man from a primitive culture who sees an automobile might guess that it was powered by the wind or by an antelope hidden under the car, but when he opens up the hood and sees the engine he immediately realizes that it was designed.”
“After all, how often do we get a second chance?”

Source : Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.19, Penguin
“It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.”

Source : Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman (2012). “Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness”, p.5, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“We would also like you to know that the Church recognizes the riches of the Islamic faith - a faith that binds us to the one God.”

Source : Pope Paul VI, Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI) (1972). “Insegnamenti di Paolo VI.”
“It was involuntary. They sank my boat.”
“Elegant in its simplicity and practicality, Lee has distilled many powerful leadership strategies into the lessons many of us learned as children. They are no less relevant to our working lives. At its core, Creating Magic is a collection of stories that reminds us to demonstrate care and respect for every member of the team and to focus our efforts not our ourselves but on the people we lead.”
“Herbert Spencer is little read now. Philosophers do not regard him as a major thinker. Social Darwinism has long been in disrepute.”

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