"Â”Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is confidence and zeal and loyalty. It is elan, esprit de corps and determination.Â”"

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Source : Military Review, October 1948.

George C. Marshall

#Loyalty Quotes #Determination Quotes #Persistence Quotes

“Craig Beattie's quick, he's very fast, and he's got great pace”
“Like the tender fires of stars moments of their life together, that no one knew of or would ever know of, broke upon and illuminated his memory.”
“If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up. If you're over 50, which is when time gets shorter, subtract your age from 100 - the result is the number of pages you should read before deciding whether or not to quit. If you're 100 or over you get to judge the book by its cover, despite the dangers in doing so.”
“People gave names to things so they could tell stories about them, goddam fairy tales about children who got out alive.”

Source : Sam Lipsyte (2013). “The Fun Parts: Stories”, p.51, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.”
“It's unacceptable that consumers are punished on their telephone bill simply for crossing a border.”
“He (Mickey Mantle) should lead the league in everything. With his combination of speed and power he should win the triple batting crown every year. In fact, he should do anything he wants to do.”
“The great cry that rises from our manufacturing cities, louder than their furnace blast, is all in very deed for this, that we manufacture everything there except men; we blanch cotton, and strengthen steel, and refine sugar, and shape pottery; but to brighten, to strengthen, to refine, or to form a single living spirit, never enters into our estimate of advantages.”

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