"The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation."

-- Peter Ackroyd

#Laughing Quotes #Secret Quotes #Strikes Quotes

“Workers insist that they are not disgruntled. They are very gruntled.”
“Where there are low consequences and you have very low confidence in your own opinion, you should absolutely delegate.”
“Although the sovereignty of God is universal and absolute, it is not the sovereignty of blind power. It is coupled with infinite wisdom, holiness and love. And this doctrine, when properly understood, is a most comforting and reassuring one. Who would not prefer to have his affairs in the hands of a God of infinite power, wisdom, holiness and love, rather than to have them left to fate, or chance, or irrevocable natural law, or to short-sighted and perverted self? Those who reject God's sovereignty should consider what alternatives they have left.”

Source : Loraine Boettner (2017). “The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination [Fifth Edition]”, p.44, Pickle Partners Publishing
“Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice-President of the United States. Should have stuck?as Speaker of the House? Gave up the second most important job in Government foreight long years as Roosevelt's spare tire.”

Source : 1963 In the Saturday Evening Post, 2 Nov.
“The basis of all choice in manifestation is Loving Yourself. This is the start and the finish to all good things that you are looking for.”
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
“What drew me to both study and activism was the formative experience of the civil rights movement.”
“I did get upset once, when we were hiking between pitches 15 and 16. Two women and a dog were trying to find their way down through the maze of trails below the First Summit and they asked us: 'Are you on the trail?' I let my indignity show: 'NO, we're on a CLIMB!'”

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