"People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck."

-- Chinua Achebe

#Rising Up Quotes #People Quotes #Water Quotes

“While catastrophes do enter the lives of godly people, they attach themselves far more to people who reject Him.”
“Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of God are impossible for a soul. When this holy attribute is established in man, all the divine qualities will also become realized.”
“Religion is the mortar that binds society together; the granite pedestal of liberty; the strong backbone of the social system.”
“To those who say climate change is not caused by human activity or that addressing it will harm the economy, let's encourage them to go to college, too, and to study physics and to study economics, but for the rest of us, let's get to work.”
“There is no greater anesthetic than sport.”
“Even the best of friends need time apart.”
“I am living in Norway, where I am under the care of the best cancer doctor in Norway and I can be closer to my family.”
“In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.”

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