"Everything that happens is determined by God."

-- Muqtada al Sadr

#Everything Happens For A Reason Quotes #Determined Quotes

“I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.'”
“Optimism has always seemed to me the cunning alibi of egoists, anxious to cover up their state of chronic self-satisfaction. They are optimists in order to avoid pitying other men and their misfortune. ~~ Yet pity is a vexed question.”
“Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.”
“Being a novelty had its advantages.”

Source : Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group
“Adversity is a stimulus.”
“The thing is, I love a celebrity interview. Doesn't matter how big or how small. It could be Hillary Clinton or the guy who made it to the third round of 'Popstars,' I'll read it.”

Source : "I've devised a game for bland celebrity interviews: swap one star's questions with another's answers" by Sharon Horgan, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2008.
“He recalls what that first German soldier said to his major: No God-not yours or mine-approves of what you're doing.”

Source : Chris Bohjalian (2012). “The Sandcastle Girls”, p.132, Simon and Schuster
“At my core, what I think we need to do is to get the basics right again. We need to rebuild our family structure, stay away from redefining marriage, and stand by marriage as a union between a man and a woman.”

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