"When we become more fully aware that our success is due in large measure to the loyalty, helpfulness, and encouragement we have received from others, our desire grows to pass on similar gifts. Gratitude spurs us on to prove ourselves worthy of what others have done for us. The spirit of gratitude is a powerful energizer."

-- Wilferd Peterson

#Loyalty Quotes #Encouragement Quotes #Gratitude Quotes

“The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.”
“There's Hezbollah, there's Hamas, there is a whole range of terrorist targets out there related to Palestine and to Israel that we ought to be trying to deal with. And there's a great deal of targets in the Philippines, Indonesia. You name it, there are a number of places where there are targets that we ought to be trying to deal with.”

Source : "Transcript: Lawrence Eagleburger on FNS". Interview With Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. August 19, 2002.
“Most people have two emergency modes. Fight and Flight. But Conner always knew he had three. Fight, Flight, and Screw Up Royally.”
“We have to understand - not justify - what gives rise to this tragedy. It's not because they're looking for beautiful virgins in heaven, as Orientalists portray it. Palestinian people are in love with life. If we give them hope - a political solution - they'll stop killing themselves.”
“I'm sure Obama is an atheist, I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.”
“Donâ€™t make it sound like I laughed because I was troubled or inconvenienced or put out. I donâ€™t want them to read anything into it. But if you want to say that I laughed, I think that would be a good answer.”
“Reign of blows cascading down upon your shoulders Far too many men dressed up as soldiers The lamb is brought to the ground Under the weight of the Crown A crown of thorns and dark deeds The swastika and the hammer and sickle Are symbols that reap only weeds”
“God does some of God's best work with people who are seriously lost.”

Source : Barbara Brown Taylor (2009). “An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith”, p.73, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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