"Compared with the awesome might and eternal power of the ocean, no human being can fail to be reminded of their own insignificance."

-- Roz Savage

#Ocean Quotes #Might Quotes #Failing Quotes

“Without self-knowledge you have no root in yourselves personally; you may endure for a time, but under affliction or persecution your faith will not last. This is why many in this age (and in every age) become infidels, heretics, schismatics, disloyal despisers of the Church. They cast off the form of truth, because it never has been to them more than a form. They endure not, because they never have tasted that the Lord is gracious; and they never have had experience of His power and love, because they have never known their own weakness and need.”
“I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, Iâ€™d rather remain silent”

Source : Arthur Rimbaud, Louise Varèse (2011). “A Season in Hell and the Drunken Boat”, p.11, New Directions Publishing
“To work with Richard [Ayoade] is my favourite thing in the world. He is my favourite person. So, it was great for me to be involved in a project that was, again, so different and with such wonderful actors. Everyone from Submarine is in the film in one way or another, which helps because it really does feel like a family.”
“He works at the kennel with Nana," Ben piped up. "And I think him and Mom are dating." At that, a stillness fell over a throng of admirers, punctuated by a few uncomfortable coughs.”
“I don't have a great nostalgia for the past.”
“The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive.”

Source : Ernest Becker (2007). “The Denial of Death”, p.66, Simon and Schuster
“If you have achieved any level of success, then pour it into someone else. Success is not success without a successor.”

Source : T. D. Jakes (2007). “T.D. Jakes Speaks to Men, 3-in-1”, p.102, Bethany House
“We call ourselves a "capacity building" organization; self-motivated and self-initiated capacity building. For example, in 30 years, I don't think I have signed a check for the company.”

Source : "The Grass is Greener ... On Both Sides". Jordan Business magazine, December 2006.

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