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The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. ↗

— Winifred Holtby

#crown #happiness #life #neither #nor

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty. ↗

— Henry Home

#body #cannot #enjoy #exercise #ingredients

It's a funny thing, how much time we spend planning our lives. We so convince ourselves of what we want to do, that sometimes we don't see what we're meant to do. ↗

— Susan Gregg Gilmore

#life #planning #funny

We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids. ↗

— Oliver Hudson

#grew #had #i #katie #kids

We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#children #common #done #giving #help

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a responsibility to the future. I cannot give up. I cannot despair. There's a whole future, generations to come. I have to keep trying. ↗

— King Hussein

#cannot #come #despair #firm #future

You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance. ↗

— Charles Ives

#cannot #corner #hope #off #reality

For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited. ↗

— Robert Rainy

#celibacy #christian #christian life #enjoyments #fasting

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. ↗

— Helen Keller

#because #cannot #everything #i #i am

The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed. ↗

— Clark Kerr

#only #quo #solution #status #status quo