"As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini."

-- Lin Yutang

#Appreciation Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Done Quotes

“No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some part of him which remains hidden even from his own spirit; but you, Lord, know everything about a human being because you have made him...Let me, then, confess what I know about myself, and confess too what I do not know, because what I know of myself I know only because you shed light on me, and what I do not know I shall remain ignorant about until my darkness becomes like bright noon before your face.”
“I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.”
“What God expects us to attempt, He also enables us to achieve.”

Source : Stephen F. Olford (1972). “The Grace of Giving: A Biblical Study of Christian Stewardship”, p.112, Kregel Publications
“Just do what you love.”

Source : Source: www.songfacts.com
“Life has a funny way of becoming ordinary as soon as it can.”

Source : "This Week in Fiction: Colm Tóibín" by Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. February 24, 2013.
“Few people have the imagination for reality.”
“I often think people on opposite sides of the political spectrum may have similar values around care, around thriving or around independence, or around helping the disadvantaged, but they have different ideologies, different ideas and philosophies about how to go about that. It's important that we start to see each others humanness, while at the same time not losing sight of those differences, views and speeches and actions that do cause harm, that we're clearly taking a stand against.”
“He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders.”

Source : James Howell (1660). “Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)”, p.13

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