"Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Guilt Quotes #Deeds Quotes #Committed Quotes

“Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self-sovereignty; the right to an equal place, everywhere conceded--a place earned by personal merit, not an artificial attainment by inheritance, wealth, family and position.”
“There is no water and still less soap. We have no city, but lots of hope.”
“Nowhere was the airport's charm more concentrated than on the screens placed at intervals across the terminal which announced, in deliberately workmanlike fonts, the itineraries of aircraft about to take to the skies. These screens implied a feeling of infinite and immediate possibility: they suggested the ease with which we might impulsively approach a ticket desk and, within a few hours, embark for a country where the call to prayer rang out over shuttered whitewashed houses, where we understood nothing of the language and where no one knew our identities.”
“A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.”
“The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.”

Source : Marc Bloch (1992). “The Historian's Craft”, p.40, Manchester University Press
“The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness.”
“Being loved is a good thing. A grand thing. The best damned thing of all.”

Source : Lori Wilde (2011). “High Stakes Seduction”, p.214, Harlequin
“As a medical doctor who chose a career in artificial heart technology rather than clinical practice, I decided not to take an internship, which is required for licensing. Instead, I work with invention, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and clinical application of artificial hearts.”

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