"Get there first with the most."

-- Nathan Bedford Forrest

#Military Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Only life suffered can transform a symphony from a collection of notes into a message of humanity.”
“You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.”

Source : Adrienne Rich (2003). “What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)”, p.35, W. W. Norton & Company
“When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.”
“I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.”
“We have in effect renounced our Worldly citizenship when we receive the King of Kings and the Prince of Peace, Lord of Lords, God of Heaven, Son of Righteousness and the Kingdom of Heaven into our hearts, and have made the Heavenly City our Home!”
“Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer.”
“As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'You don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.' That's the main thing. I'm very happy that it happened.”
“...who proved that you don't have to do what your parents want, or what your boyfriend wants, for you to be happy. You just have to be yourself, for there is no love greater than self love”

Source : Jack Gantos (2011). “Dead End in Norvelt”, p.310, Macmillan

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