"Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates."

-- Arleigh Burke

#Navy Quotes #Use Quotes #Failing Quotes

“I think I was always realistic - well, not the Percy thing, that was ridiculous - but I never dreamed of being a racing car driver or anything.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.”

Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“In those days it was either live with music or die with noise, and we chose rather desperately to live.”
“I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.”
“Consistently pray in all things, so that you might not do anything without the help of God ... Whoever does or busies himself with anything without prayer does not succeed in the end. Concerning this, the Lord said: "Without Me you can't do anything". (John 15:5)”
“I dabbled into witchcraft-I never joined a coven. But I did, I did. I dabbled into witchcraft. I hung around people who were doing these things. I'm not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do.”
“A damnably readable, streamlined, yet deeply researched work. Skipping the ancestors and aftermath of conventional biography, Max gives us the man, his work, and his times-the niceties of which (so complicated, so exquisitely intertwined) Max articulates with, well, Wallace-like lucidity and wit. Above all this is the story of a touching young man who insisted on being something better than simply the smartest person in the room.”
“Some people say I'm too blunt and I'm too direct, too straightforward. I think we could use some of that in Washington, D.C.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com

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