"In great deeds, something abides. On great fields, something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of soulsâ€¦ generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls."

Source : Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1994). “Bayonet! Forward: my Civil War reminiscences”, Butternut & Blue

Joshua Chamberlain

#Dream Quotes #Heart Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.”

Source : Jeremy Taylor, George Rust (1835). “The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor ...: With an Essay, Biographical and Critical ...”, p.73
“As a relatively young woman - I'm 33 - I hope to one day have a family and already have commitments. If and when I'm elected as an MP, I would face a choice: take my family with me to London each week or be apart for four, maybe five, nights a week.”

Source : "Despite Sarah Palin, the glass ceiling for women in politics remains" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2008.
“Success in business doesn't come without passion, vision, hard work, and knowing that you're doing the right thing.”
“Only recently serious research into the relationship between photography and art has taken place. Why has it been so long in coming ? In some respects historical research is analogous with that of science. The bringing to light of factual material and the development of ideas is to a large extent cumulative. But when artists themselves were, from about 1910, beginning to tear down the bastions protecting Art in its ivory tower, questioning the idea of Art with a capital 'A', photography was inevitably to assume a new stature both in the eyes of artists and the public, too.”
“I guess a witness is all I am. I think as a writer, you're pretty removed. Writing is a very selfish, individualistic pursuit. So in that sense I'm a witness because I'm not participating.”
“It seems that England's royal family is running out of money. They are down to just $1.6 million. Well sure, that's what happens when nobody in your family has had a job for the last thousand years.”
“Why I have had such a huge career and why I have sold over four million books, is that people can do what I share with them to do.”

Source : "Sandra Lee's Homemade Success". Interview with Nancy Jo Sales, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 13, 2011.
“Every human emits unconscious vocal undertones that determine who the leader is in the room.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

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