"Going into that race I was going for the world record, just quietly, but I wasn't feeling at my best all week so it was hard to determine what would happen. I could not believe it, I went into shock, I'm still in shock."

-- Leisel Jones

#Sports Quotes #Believe Quotes #Race Quotes

“We suffer as a result of our own actions; it is unfair to blame anybody for it.”

Source : "The Holy Mother's Reminiscences". "Vedanta Kesari" Magazine,
“In the end, all worlds, whether they're set in the future or in New Jersey of today, are fictions. Sure, you don't got to do too much work to build a mundane world, but don't get it twisted: you still got to do some work.”
“I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I've got a right to, death or liberty."”
“Brother, hello and good-bye. Frater, ave atque vale”
“Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.”
“The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you.”
“In conversation, points arise! If a human being converses much, it is impossible for him to avoid the truth! (Hercule Poirot)”
“If you go to Gettysburg and take the time, maybe take a tour, maybe just drive around, read some of the monuments, read some of the plaques, you will come away changed.”

Source : "Author Shaara's Pilgrimage To Civil War Sites". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. April 24, 2011.

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