"Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must lament the loss of infancy, or early manhood the passing of youth. Life's race-course is fixed; Nature has only a single path and that path is run but once, and to each stage of existence has been allotted its own appropriate quality; so that the weakness of childhood, the impetuosity of youth, the seriousness of middle life, the maturity of old age.. each bears some of Nature's fruit, which must be garnered in its own season."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Running Quotes #Believe Quotes #Loss Quotes

“Maybe we were being a bit unrealistic, but we had this hope that if we could just get into the Ivy League, everything would be set. We dreamed of Gothic libraries and leafy green quads and romantic dorms with fireplaces and guys who were not only cute but also smart and charming, and, quite possibly, British. In college, we believed, weâ€™d finally find our people.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2012). “Smart Girls Get What They Want”, p.5, Harper Collins
“The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.”
“Maps are a way of organizing wonder.”
“I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before.”
“The hot gossip in Washington is that Condoleezza Rice might have a new boyfriend. Secretary of State Rice is being linked to Canada's Foreign Minister, Peter MacKay. It's gotta be awkward dating a fellow diplomat. Like today, MacKay had to promise Condi he would get permission from the U.N. before he invaded her.”
“I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song .”

Source : "Not The Average Philosopher". Harvard Magazine, Volume 99, Number 5, May/June 1997.
“The Humane Society of America thinks Michael Vick should have a dog. I think whoever's in charge there should have a lobotomy.”
“We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody's got to buy into that standard or you really can't have any team chemistry. Mediocre people don't like high-achievers and high-achievers don't like mediocre people.”

Source : "Alabama coach Nick Saban's quest for perfection". "60 minutes" with Armen Keteyian, www.cbsnews.com. September 14, 2014.

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