"There is one possession that can never be taken away as long as you will not allow it to be taken, and that is your word."

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Source : Bill Courtney (2014). “Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love”, p.18, Weinstein Publishing

Bill Courtney

#Taken Quotes #Long Quotes #Possession Quotes

“Really, a nightmare just really has to evoke some sort of, we call it, dysphoric emotion or something uncomfortable. You could be sad, you could be unhappy; you could be scared, anxious. But traditionally, the definition is you have to awaken from this nightmare.”
“My view of Christianity is that the hallmark of being a Christian is to reach out to people who have been left behind. So I think there was a religious aspect to my decision to support civil unions.”
“When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.”
“The Spirit is like the steady axis of a wheel. If our attention reaches the immovable firm axis at the very centre of the wheel of our existence (which is constantly moving), we become enlightened by the Spirit, the source of inner peace, and reach a state of complete calm and self-knowledge.”
“If you look at any institution in history - look at the Roman Empire - anything in history, and what it looks like when it's peaking. Look at Apple, and how can you say it's not peaking? ... The thing is, it may take another year or two before it starts to decline, but it has to - everything does.”

Source : "Trip Hawkins On Apple". "Edge Online", August 2, 2011.
“The imagination is always the best torturer.”

Source : Bryce Courtenay (2011). “The Power of One”, p.72, ReadHowYouWant.com
“No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit an error, not create it. When we commit an error, we say what was an error already.”
“I wonder if it hurts to live, And if they have to try, And whether, could they choose between, They would not rather die.”

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