"Man is born to trouble. Man is born for trouble. Man is born to battle trouble. Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded--under torch and hammer and chisel--into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God."

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Source : N. D. Wilson (2013). “Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent”, p.69, Thomas Nelson Inc

N.D. Wilson

#Fighting Quotes #Men Quotes #Battle Quotes

“Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.”
“I like people who don't tell you what you want to hear.”
“Europe cannot confine itself to the cultivation of its own garden.”
“To preserve the integrity of the tradition, we have to distinguish between what is central to that integrity and what is peripheral. We have to discern between what elements are vital for the survival of dharma practice and what are alien cultural artefacts that might obstruct that survival.”
“Spread love everywhere you go; first of all in your house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.”
“Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when, I've been drinking bourbon whiskey, scotch and gin Gonna get high man I'm gonna get loose, Need me a triple shot of that juice Gonna get drunk don't you have no fear I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer One bourbon, one scotch, one beer.”
“It's just like Yeats said. In dreams begin responsibilities. Flip this around and you could say that where there's no power to imagine, no responsibility can arise.”
“What is a day to an immortal soul! A breath, no more.”

Source : thomas bailey aldrich (1875). “cloth of gold and other poems”, p.126

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