"Perhaps it is our obligation to be noble before it is our obligation to be happy."

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Source : Kathleen McGowan (2010). “The Poet Prince”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

Kathleen McGowan

#Noble Quotes #Obligation Quotes

“In the summer of 2010, I was working on a version of True Detective that I was thinking might be my next novel, and it was told in these two first-person voices; Cohle and Harts voices.”
“A moment's fruition of a true felicity is enough and eternity not too much.”
“Too many leaders act as if the sheep.. their people.. are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.”
“People pay to see others believe in themselves.”
“Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such”

Source : Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.356, New Directions Publishing
“Apart from Arsenal and Barcelona, I don't see myself playing anywhere else. I will definitely be going back (to Arsenal) whenever I have time to watch games and to see the guysâ€¦ and if there is one place to go back to (to play), it is Arsenal for sure.”
“I am very happy that Floyd Mayweather and I can give the fans the fight they have wanted for so many years.Â They have waited long enough and they deserve it.Â Â It is their mandate.Â Â It is an honor to be part of this historic event.Â Â I dedicate this fight to all the fans who willed this fight to happen and, as always, to bring glory to the Philippines and my fellow Filipinos around the world.”
“Namaste. It was a Nepalese greeting. It meant: The light within me bows to the light within you.”

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