"The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so."

-- Mahalia Jackson

#Dance Quotes #Alive Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“Like an old gold-panning prospector, you must resign yourself to digging up a lot of sand from which you will later patiently wash out a few minute particles of gold ore.”
“I like small stories.”
“To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism.”

Source : Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”
“Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite, All are on their rounds tonight; In the wan moon's silver ray, Thrives their helter-skelter play.”

Source : Joel Benton, “Halloween”
“They (ACS) lie like scoundrels.”
“Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.”

Source : Rick Pitino (1997). “Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life”, Broadway
“Man appoints, and God disappoints.”
“Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results.”

Source : Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.222, Race Point Publishing

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