"Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors."

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Francois Rabelais

#Wish Quotes #Debtors Quotes #Creditors Quotes

“If the educated and influential classes in a community either practice or connive at the systematic violation of laws that seem to them to cross their convenience, what can they expect when the lesson that convenience or a supposed class interest is a sufficient cause for lawlessness has been well learned by the ignorant classes?”

Source : Benjamin Harrison, United States. President (1889-1893 : Harrison) (1969). “Benjamin Harrison, 1833-1901: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”
“When one starts from a portrait and seeks by successive eliminations to find pure form... one inevitably ends up with an egg.”
“Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Expeditions can greatly contribute towards building strength of character. Joseph Conrad in Lord Jim tells us that it is necessary for a youth to experience events which 'reveal the inner worth of the man; the edge of his temper; the fibre of his stuff; the quality of his resistance; the secret truth of his pretences, not only to himself but others.”
“The act of abortion positions women at their most powerful, and that is why it is so strongly opposed by many in society. Historically viewed as and conditioned to be passive, dependent creatures, victims of biological circumstance, women often find it difficult to embrace this power over life and death. They fall prey to the assumption, the myth, that they cannot be trusted with it.”

Source : Merle Hoffman (2012). “Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Board Room”, p.59, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“I know that I may never be a star. This could all just go away at any time. I know that just because I have a record out doesn't mean I'm going to make it”
“The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won't let you outgive Him. Go ahead and try. See what happens.”

Source : Randy Alcorn (2012). “The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving”, p.78, Multnomah
“Your life can be what you want it to be... You'll make it through whatever comes along. Within you are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be strong.”

Source : Douglas Pagels (2004). “Words That Shine Like Stars: How to Have the Life You've Always Wanted: Advice from Celebrities and Wonderful Others”

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