"Perseverance is my motto."

-- Madam C. J. Walker

#Perseverance Quotes #Motto Quotes #My Motto Quotes

“I've been influenced by someone or [English artists] work. I mentioned Hans Coper as an example.”
“Either a peaceful old age awaits me, or death flies round me with black wings. [Lat., Seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat, seu mors atris circumvolat alis.]”
“When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone.”
“Where there is a woman there is magic. If there is a moon falling from her mouth, she is a woman who knows her magic, who can share or not share her powers. A woman with a moon falling from her mouth, roses between her legs and tiaras of Spanish moss, this woman is a consort of the spirits.”
“The very gradual reductions in my weight which I am able to show, may be interesting to many, and I have great pleasure in stating them, believing that they serve to demonstrate further the merit of the system pursued.”

Source : William Banting (2005). “Letter on Corpulence”, p.51, Cosimo, Inc.
“At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.”
“Creation is not taking place now, so far as can be observed. Therefore, it was accomplished sometime in the past, if at all, and thus is inaccessible to the scientific method.”

Source : Dr. Henry M. Morris (1974). “Scientific Creationism”, p.5, New Leaf Publishing Group
“Dance has been transformed from an involuntary motor discharge, a ceremonial rite, into a work of art, conscious of, intended for, observation.”

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