"It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory."

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Source : Military Review, October 1948.

George C. Marshall

#Military Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Winning Quotes

“The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country.”

Source : Ad Reinhardt, Barbara Rose (1991). “Art-as-art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt”, p.25, Univ of California Press
“Pain is a byproduct of life. Thatâ€™s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. Thatâ€™s true for everyone. But if you donâ€™t face the pain and the suck, you donâ€™t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for.”
“Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair, comfortable progress in the path of life.”

Source : William Banting (1864). “Letter on Corpulence: Addressed to the Public”, p.13
“There's no difference between a tacky Jew from Miami and a rap star. They both want the Cadillac and the Rolex with the diamonds.”
“One of the treasures of nature is beauty; this, too, should be preserved.”
“We have now reached the point where you can wander down Queen Street in Auckland and wonder if you are still in New Zealand or some other country.”

Source : Interview with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au. May 17, 2006.
“Paradise was always over there, a dayâ€™s sail away. But itâ€™s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and you can keep moving on and on through places and years, but you never escape your own life. I, finally, knew where my life belonged. Home.”

Source : J. Maarten Troost (2006). “Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu”, p.229, Broadway Books
“A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.”

Source : Peter De Vries (2014). “Reuben, Reuben: A Novel”, p.150, University of Chicago Press

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