"What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?"

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Henry James

#Inspirational Quotes #Determination Quotes #Character Quotes

“The Savior taught His disciples, 'For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it' (Luke 9:24)."I believe the Savior is telling us that unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives. Those who live only for themselves eventually shrivel up and figuratively lose their lives, while those who lose themselves in service to others grow and flourishâ€”and in effect save their lives.”
“Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning it.”
“It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.”
“Kosovo is a small country but it also has a lot of riches that were granted to us by God.”
“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.”
“Students need to be reminded that revision isn't merely making a few cosmetic changes. Revision is seeing and then reseeing our words and practicing strategies that make a difference in our writing.”
“A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.”
“Apocalypses don't happen very often. They tend to be separated by tens or even hundreds of millions of years.”

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