"Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human."

-- Viktor E. Frankl

#Motivational Quotes #Expression Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“God calls us to worship, but in many instances we are in entertainment, just running a poor second to the theaters. That is where we are, even in the evangelical churches, and I don't mind telling you that most of the people we say we are trying to reach will never come to a church to see a lot of amateur actors putting on a home-talent show.”
“When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete... Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in the vigor of the laws. Outside of the laws, everything is sterile and dead.”

Source : Louis Antoine de Saint-Just's remarks on autumn 1792, as quoted in "Oeuvres Completes de Saint-Just", Volume 1, edited by Charles Vellay, 1908.
“The highlight of my career was my first sale, to F&SF, in 1989. Nothing yet has topped that moment. I was weeping in joy and relief. Publishing one story was all that I ever wanted, or expected. Everything since then - award nominations, getting into best-of anthologies, meeting my idols at conventions, drinking with my idols at conventions - has been wonderful, but it's all gravy.”
“Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art”
“My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!”

Source : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.278, Applewood Books
“Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.”
“Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.”
“I may not be able to outsmart too many people, but I can outwork 'em.”

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