"Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness."

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Source : Nathaniel Morton, William Bradford, Thomas Prince, Edward Winslow (1669). “New-England's Memorial”, p.23

William Bradford

#Father Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Wilderness Quotes

“If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”

Source : Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata”
“You may build walls in my path, but I will knock them down. then all your hard work only made me stronger, and all you have is gravel.”
“After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.”
“No people are more conceited than those who depict their own feelings, especially if they happen to have a little prose at their command for the occasion.”
“The demand that women "return to femininity" is a demand that the cultural gears shift into reverse, that we back up to a fabled time when everyone was richer, younger, more powerful.”
“There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.”
“If it looks like art, chances are it's somebody else's art.”
“There are no air conditioners in Hell”

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