"The very secret of life for mewas to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility. I had picked a life that dealt with excitement, tragedy, mass calamities, human triumphs and suffering. To throw my whole self into recording and attempting to understand these things, I needed an inner serenity as a kind of balance."

-- Margaret Bourke-White

#Self Quotes #Rushing Quotes #Serenity Quotes

“Wealth is more often the result of a lifestyle of hard work, perseverance, planning, and, most of all, self-discipline.”

Source : Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (1996). “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy”, p.2, Government Institutes
“I answered that one learns to live, not by hearing of other lives, but by living; for words are infinitely less important than acts.”
“Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow”
“There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.”
“I had never been to Oklahoma City before. I had no clue. Just heard there were a lot of tornadoes.”
“I, personally, liked the legend.”
“Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise.”

Source : Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.7, Cosimo, Inc.
“No one can be transferred from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God without a great battle and by the good fight of faith. No one receives full light in a single day. Great faithfulness is required for us to receive more light.”

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