"A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honour of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil's Row, who were circling madly about the heap and pelting him. His infantile countenance was livid with the fury of battle. His small body was writhing in the delivery of oaths."

-- Stephen Crane

#Book Quotes #Boys Quotes #Battle Quotes

“The first and last task of aleader is to keep hope alive.”
“I believe in my work and in the joy of it. You have to be with the work and the work has to be with you. It absorbs you totally and you absorb it totally.”
“If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WINNER NEVER QUITS. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work”
“The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.”
“True happiness comes only by making others happyâ€”the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it. In short, the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit, that makes our hearts glow in brotherly love and friendship and prompts us to kind deeds of service.”
“I know I will never wear sandals now anywhere. I got in a fight in the back of a grocery store when I was really young, like 14 or something. And I remember my feet were so torn up afterwards because I lost my sandals in the middle of the fight. My toenail was missing. It just sucked.”
“old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!”

Source : Pearl Cleage (1997). “What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day”
“Probably the first time I was a boss was when I was associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Southern California. I was in my early 30s.”

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