"Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster."

--

Bruce Catton

#Spirit Quotes #Dignity Quotes #Defeat Quotes

“It's a very insular political community up there. I think the court's part of that and they're protecting their own. There's no justice in Vermont today.”
“I became depressed and I cut my self with scissors and stuff.”
“Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that crisis lands like a thud on the Oval Office desk?”

Source : Rahm Emanuel's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.foxnews.com. September 4, 2012.
“Come on soldiers! Guardians and agents of the supreme law! Here is a sacrifice of dogs ready for your swords!”
“The adrenaline gets pumping and you just got to forget about [injuries] and play.”
“Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer?”
“I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Let us learn to skillfully draw good out of what would otherwise cause us harm.”

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