"He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed..."

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Source : T. E. Lawrence (2015). “Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Myth (Complete Autobiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters): Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Memoirs of the Arab Revolt) + The Evolution of a Revolt + The Mint (Memoirs of the secret service in Royal Air Force) + Collected Letters (1915-1935)”, p.513, e-artnow

T. E. Lawrence

#Wise Quotes #Tired Quotes #Old And Wise Quotes

“Why canâ€™t our job here on earth be simply to inspire each other?”
“What you dream, you can grow. Someone told me that, but I didn't believe it. I said I had nothing and that people with nothing are unable to dream. But I was wrong.”
“Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ***** down - everything down for that matter.”
“Human fallibility recognised, Gods sovereignty trusted; these are also the only stable foundations for human beings in society.”
“People dress up for funerals. Why not dress up to celebrate that youâ€™re alive?”
“The space program caused so much future-thinking in culture. People who couldn't go to the Moon were building space-fantasy chairs and corsets and hairdos and anything that they could put their hands on.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.”
“A book is something that young readers can experience on their own time. They decide when to turn the page. They'll put their arm right on the page so you can't turn it because they're not ready to go to the next page yet. They just want to look at it again, or they want to read the book over and over because they really enjoy setting the pace themselves.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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