"it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They inveigh against the governments of Europe, because, as they say, they favor the powerful and oppress the weak. ... [yet] you will see them with one hand hoisting the cap of liberty, and with the other flogging their slaves. You will see them one hour lecturing their mob on the indefeasible rights of man, and the next driving from their homes the children of the soil, whom they have bound themselves to protect by the most solemn treaties."

-- Frances Trollope

#Powerful Quotes #Children Quotes #Honesty Quotes

“I really enjoy making dinner for my kids and my husband - chopping ginger and marinating the tofu.”
“Prayer is the master strategy that Godgives for the defeat and rout of Satan.”

Source : Wesley L. Duewel (1986). “Touch the World Through Prayer”, p.24, Zondervan
“In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.”
“Basement?' Hamish cried, then glanced at his brother. 'You hear this fellow? He thinks we can just go on down to the furnace and start tinkering?' Angus laughed. 'He probably wouldn't care at all if the whole place went boom, he wouldn't.' At this the guard bristled and stood up even straighter. 'Now see here---' 'No, you see, my good man. Out here, see, we've got snow. So in there, I'd bet, you've got heat. And where there's heat there's gas; and where there's gas there's...' Angus trailed off while his brother said, 'boom.”
“If you are to love mankind, you must not expect too much from it.”

Source : Charles Edward Montague (1922). “Disenchantment”
“Purpose is the engine, the power that drives and directs our lives.”

Source : John R. Noe (2006). “Peak Performance Principles for High Achievers”, p.105, Frederick Fell Publishers
“Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste.”

Source : Sylvia Townsend Warner, Claire Harman (1994). “The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner”, Virago Pr
“My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.”

Source : "Source Book in Ancient Philosophy". Book by Charles Montague Bakewell, 1907.

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