#con

The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other. ↗

— Mark Hopkins

#activity #affection #any #appropriate #blessedness

I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature. ↗

— David Eddings

#american literature #back #bad #bad back #by the time

Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water. ↗

— Karen Duffy

#beach #concealing #illness #keeping #like

The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

#bachelors #considerate #get #get married #good

I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level. ↗

— John Dyer

#art #consider #course #degree #directly

On my return to Cornwall I discovered that I was living in a tropical paradise. For now I am content to explore my own home and our nearest neighbour France. ↗

— John Dyer

#content #cornwall #discovered #explore #france

Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released as being all done-it's just when they took it away from you. ↗

— John Dykstra

#artistic #as far as #away #being #concerned

Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when first I considered going. Once faced and settled there really wasn't any good reason to refer to it. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

#considered #faced #first #going #good

With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. ↗

— Sylvia Earle

#connected #drink #drop #earth #every

Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime. ↗

— Bob Ehrlich

#congress #honor #lifetime #serving