"For the Spartans, it wasnâ€™t walls or magnificent public buildings that made a city; it was their own ideals. In essence, Sparta was a city of the head and the heart. And it existed in its purest form in the disciplined march of a hoplite phalanx on their way to war!"

-- Bettany Hughes

#Wall Quotes #War Quotes #Heart Quotes

“You learn how to take care of people from the women in your life.”
“God made me to be a winner and to acknowledge that all victories come from Him.”
“Farsighted theologians are now working to mine the eternal metal from the teachings of Jesus and to forge it for all time.”
“I am not accustomed to saying anything with certainty after only one or two observations.”

Source : Letter on the China Root, quoted in "Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564" by Charles Donald O'Malley, 1964.
“I was struggling with drugs, I had a lot on my plate, and you know, I was using unhealthy ways to kind of self-medicate and deal with a lot of heavy duty stuff in my life.”

Source : "A Sober, Drug-free Columbus Short Really Wants to Return to ‘Scandal’ – “I’m Still a Gladiator” by Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. December 10, 2014.
“The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.”
“Allah has tailor made the test for each and every one of us and none of us will be given something which we can't bear. I am given something that I can bear and you are given something that YOU can bear. The tests won't be the same for you and me. This is why suicide is the a great wrong because by suicide you're basically declaring, 'Oh Allah this is too much, I can't take it anymore!”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Bilal Philips from Aug 13, 2013
“Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.”

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