"This fight is more about what Roy Jones lost than what I took"

-- Antonio Tarver

#Fighting Quotes #Boxing Quotes #Lost Quotes

“... rarely if ever does one feel sure one knows enough to go ahead with much of anything new. You bank on faith and courage and the ability to learn on the job.”

Source : Cornelia Stratton Parker (1934). “Wanderer's Circle”
“I took three steps back; he nudged the door closed with his foot. â€œYou like Mexican?â€ he asked. â€œIâ€”â€ Iâ€™d like to know what youâ€™re doing inside my house! â€œTacos?â€ â€œTacos?â€ I echoed. This seemed to amuse him. â€œTomatoes, lettuce, cheese.â€ â€œI know what a taco is!”
“In Ramadan, you should eat less and think more.”
“I'm rather hoping to find the Evil Queen. I think she'd be much more fun.”
“Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adultâ€¦ Many people are often wrongâ€¦ Donâ€™t bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong. The masses have never been arbiters of the sublime, and they often fail to recognize the truly great individual. Taking into account the publicâ€™s regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict.”
“When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?”
“I do not say that there is no glory to be gained [in war]; but it is not personal glory. In itself, no cause was ever more glorious than that of men who struggle, not to conquer territory, not to gather spoil, not to gratify ambition, but for freedom, for religion, for hearth and home, and to revenge the countless atrocities inflicted upon them by their oppressors.”

Source : G. A. Henty (2018). “By Pike and Dyke”, p.63, Ozymandias Press

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