Today Quotes
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To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.Sir Winston Churchill
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.Albert Camus
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.Thomas Jefferson, to Archibald Stuart, 1791
You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.J. Jacques, Questionable Content webcomic, #352, 05-04-05
Dignity comes not from control, but from understanding who you are and taking your rightful place in the world.Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 05-01-05
Some of my friends support the measure, and some of my friends oppose it. I support my friends.Everett Dirksen, Answering a question about a controversial senate bill. Quoted on a political talk show on WBEZ FM in Chicago.
I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.Everett Dirksen
[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weaponMark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, chapter 10 (1916)
Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.Norm Papernick
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.Fyodor Dostoevsky