"...even on the low ground of common sense I seemed to be called to be a missionary. Is the kingdom a harvest field? Then I thought it reasonable that I should seek to work where the work was most abundant and the workers fewest."

-- William Carey

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“Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.”

Source : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee, Hyman George Rickover (1982). “Economics of Defense Policy: Adm. H.G. Rickover : Hearing Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session”
“...but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his own emotion and of his own sympathy.”

Source : Baroness Orczy (2015). “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, p.31, Xist Publishing
“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
“The funny thing is you oddly don't really say goodbye to all the characters you've played. There's like a chest of drawers in your head that you can always access. They're always around. I'm not sure if that's healthy. But they're all there.”
“If there is anything in life in which I take a pardonable pride, it is my friendship for certain old woodsmen and hunters; obscure men, as far as the world is concerned, but faithful friends, loyal comrades.”
“I am a drunkard from another kind of tavern. I dance to a silent tune. I am the symphony of stars.”
“It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.”
“Quitters have the good sense to admit their mistakes, cut their losses, and move on.”

Source : Evan Harris (1996). “The Quit”, Fireside

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