"One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: â€˜To rise above little thingsâ€™."

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John Burroughs

#Inspirational Quotes #Funny Quotes #Character Quotes

“The teacher's life is painfull and therefore would be pityed: it wrastles with unthankfulnesse above all measure...Our calling creepes low and hath pain for companion.”
“All that is good, all that is true, all that is beautiful, all that is beneficent, be it great or small, be it perfect or fragmentary, natural as well as supernatural, moral as well as material, comes from God.”

Source : John Henry Newman (1937). “The Newman book of religion”
“He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.”
“Social media provides us the opportunity to think before we 'speak', giving us a better shot at reasoned dialog. So it's not a huge surprise to me that not only can real communication happen, but real relationships can blossom.”
“Oh noes, kitteh haz major angriez!â€ I said. I turned around to share a laugh with my companions and found them glaring at me. â€œWhat?â€ I asked. Leif shook a finger and said in a low, menacing tone, â€œIf you tell me I have to talk like an illiterate halfwit to fit into this society, I will punch you.â€ â€œAnd Iâ€™ll pull out your goatee,â€ Gunnar added. â€œLolcat iz new happeh wai 2 talk,â€ I explained to them. â€œU doan haz 2 be kitteh 2 speek it.”
“A dream is the mind's way of answering a question it hasn't yet figured out how to ask.”
“Getting up at 6 A.M. to run is something that keeps you on the straight and narrow.”
“I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn't a healthy way to live.”

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