Today Quotes
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I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.Thomas Jefferson, letter to Count Diodati, 1807
O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us.
(O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us.)Robert Burns, Poem "To a Louse" - verse 8
He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.George Herbert
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 34
How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other!Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter 19
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.Thomas Paine, Common Sense
I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.Robert Burns
I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.Kahlil Gibran, The Broken Wings
No, it is remrable that everest did not yield to the first few attempts; it would have been suprising and not a little sad if it had, for that is not the way of great mountains.Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air
We never learn to pray, really pray- until we are in a situatioin where there is nothing left to do but pray.Victoria Damon