"Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel."

-- John Ruskin

#Use Quotes #Golden Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I am careful about my conduct because I know this cause requires clean men.”
“The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people.”

Source : Source: www.libertymagazine.org
“I've been training super hard at the Lopez Taekwondo Academy in Houston, which belongs to my brother Jean. For me, I think confidence is the biggest thing; it's all mental. I train with the best of the best, including my brother Steven, a five-time world champion who won Olympic gold medals.”
“People tend to believe that I want to make soul music, which is not entirely untrue but, really, I want to be like the black Tom Waits - I don't want to make one kind of sound.”
“Don't be so fast, you're all you've got.”

Source : Rita Dove (2016). “Collected Poems: 1974-2004”, p.165, W. W. Norton & Company
“I was horrible at science and math. I couldn't pass a test to save my life! I'm surprised that it didn't take me until I was 20 to graduate. That's why my role is so cool - Grissom is the complete opposite of me.”
“If we must â€œfeelâ€ God's presence before we believe he is with us, we again reduce God to our ability to grasp him, making him an idol instead of acknowledging him as God.”
“Hostile armies may face each other for years, striving for the victory which is decided in a single day. This being so, to remain in ignorance of the enemy's condition simply because one grudges the outlay of a hundred ounces of silver in honors and emoluments, is the height of inhumanity.”

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