"The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it."

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Roger Babson

#Motivational Quotes #Success Quotes #Men Quotes

“It is that perfection of God by which he is devoid of all change, not only in His Being, but also in His perfections, and in His purposes and promises.”

Source : Louis Berkhof (1996). “Systematic Theology”, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“Iâ€™m not interested in changing either my suit or my car or whatever with every change in fashion. Thatâ€™s irrelevant. I donâ€™t judge myself or my friends by their fashions. Of course, I donâ€™t approve of people who are sloppy and unnecessarily shabby or dishevelledâ€¦ But Iâ€™m not impressed by a US$5,000 or US$10,000 Armani suit.”
“The American formula for creating business is not to have the government create business.”

Source : "John Sununu: ‘I Wish This President Would Learn How To Be An American’" by Luke Johnson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 17, 2012.
“To my mind, you cannot speak about the need for leadership within our communities without being prepared to take on responsibility yourself. It's not enough to point the finger at those who have let us down and to expect others to come forward and fix our problems. Nor can anyone afford to call themselves a leader unless they truly have the interests of our community at heart. Too many people like to think they are leaders and too many are identified by the media as leaders who are not really leaders at all.”
“Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand.”
“On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.”
“I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans.”
“There's a right thing to do," Holden said. "You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong.”

Source : James S. A. Corey (2011). “Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of the Expanse (now a major TV series on Netflix)”, p.235, Hachette UK

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