"When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises."

-- Oscar Romero

#Giving Quotes #Church Quotes #Misery Quotes

“Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!”

Source : Phoebe Cary (1875). “Ballads for Little Folk”, p.175
“You have to plan ahead so that rather then seek revenge for the horse's misbehavior, you see his aggressive behavior shaping up and can redirect it. You change his mind before he's acted and move on to something else.”
“No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less. / Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.”

Source : Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish (2012). “Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too”, p.228, W. W. Norton & Company
“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.”

Source : Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.6, Cosimo, Inc.
“I wanted to be an astronaut and wanted to go to space camp, but then I found out that I was too short to become an astronaut. My mom really made me believe that if I worked hard enough and if I really wanted to do it, I could do it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“E pur si muove. "Albeit It does move". (That's what Galileo purportedly muttered after torturers forced him to recant his theory that the earth orbits the sun.)”
“In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment.”
“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.”

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