"Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success."

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Lord Chesterfield

#Purpose Quotes #Firmness Quotes #Instruments Quotes

“Itâ€™s Fitzgeraldâ€™s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally makes Gatsby worthy of being our Great American Novel. Its soaring conclusion tells us that, even though Gatsby dies and the small and corrupt survive, his longing was nonetheless magnificent.”
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness.”
“A savage place! As holy and enchanted/As e'er beneath the waning moon was haunted/By woman wailing for her Demon Lover!”
“Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.”
“That hurt querida, that really hurt”
“A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility.”
“She has the heart of a child, you know. Yeah, it's in a box beside her bed. - Kaia Skyhawk”
“The ultimate expression of meditation comes when we can feel all the pains of the world, experience them with mindfulness and equanimity so they dissolve into energy, and then recolor that energy and radiate it out as unconditional love, moment by moment, through every pore of our being.”

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