"I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence."

-- Walter Annenberg

#Independence Quotes #Compromise Quotes

“Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations-these are the silent threads of gold which, when woven together, gleam out so brightly in the pattern of life that God approves.”

Source : Frederic William Farrar (1877). “"In the Days of Thy Youth.": Sermons on Practical Subjects, Preached at Marlborough College, from 1871-1876”, p.19
“There are parliamentarians in Australia I really support. People through history, you know? Men like Ned Kelly in Australia who challenged ideals. Governor William McKell in Australia really set the tone of building a nation. The fundamentals of the country are built on what the governor McKell created. I think Sea Shepherd (Conservation Society) is a wonderful organization and I support what they do.”
“Gentle to others, to himself severe.”

Source : Samuel Rogers (1827). “Poems ... A new edition”, p.258
“I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker”
“It's natural for me to step into the beat-making side of things next in the future.”

Source : Source: bestfan.com
“The Gospel is not about going from bad to good, it's about going from dead to alive!”
“Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!”
“The beautiful is and remains beautiful though it arouse no emotion whatever, and though there be no one to look at it. In other words, although the beautiful exists for the gratification of an observer, it is independent of him. In this sense music, too, has no aim (object), and the mere fact that this particular art is so closely bound up with our feelings by no means justifies the assumption that its aesthetic principles depend on this union.”

Source : "The Beautiful in Music: A Contribution to the Revisal of Musical Aesthetics". Book by Eduard Hanslick, 1854.

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