"The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be."

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Source : Horace Bushnell (1858). “Sermons for the new life”, p.259

Horace Bushnell

#Inspirational Quotes #Encounters Quotes #Significant Quotes

“You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.”
“I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance.”
“Our job is to sell our clients' merchandise... not ourselves. Our job is to kill the cleverness that makes us shine instead of the product. Our job is to simplify, to tear away the unrelated, to pluck out the weeds that are smothering the product message.”
“Without freedom there will be no firearms among the people; without firearms among the people there will not long be freedom. Certainly there are examples of countries where the people remain relatively free after the people have been disarmed, but there are no examples of a totalitarian state being created or existing where the people have personal arms.”
“It's the first gift that's always the hardest to pay back.”
“After the clouds, the sunshine; after the winter, the spring; after the shower, the rainbow; for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the morning, bidding all darkness cease, after life's cares and sorrows, the comfort and sweetness of peace.”

Source : Helen Steiner Rice (2004). “The Poems and Prayers of Helen Steiner Rice”, p.134, Revell
“Just now, at the hotel, I saw one man having an affair. He's not even my husband. He's another woman's husband. Weather or not he has an affair, is none of my business. But what am I feeling so sad. Really...”
“I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.”

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