#count

My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#always #been #brought #by the time #china

If I was crazy, I'd throw the ball into the stands with the bases loaded. Now, that's crazy. If I was stupid, I'd throw the ball into center field with the bases loaded and a 3-2 count on the hitter. Now, that's stupid. ↗

— Joaquin Andujar

#bases #center #count #crazy #field

...a sensual life is a ghostly existence where you live on the surface and your soul passes through everything, touching nothing ... ↗

— John Geddes

#sensual-life #soul #superficial #wise-words #life

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you: as Albert Mondego, the man! ↗

— Alexandre Dumas père

#life

You can get awful famous in this country in seven days. ↗

— Gary Hart

#country #days #famous #get #seven

Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong. ↗

— Charles Evers

#country #leader #split #time #wrong

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#account #because #ever #grace #greatness

How can one love the light and live in darkness? ↗

— Brent Weeks

#count-drake #night-angel #the-way-of-shadows #love

Cause I am strong and I can prove it And I got my dreams to see me through It's just a mountain, I can move it And with faith enough there's nothing I can't do And I can see the light of a clear blue morning And I can see the light of brand new day I can see the light of a clear blue morning And everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"] ↗

— Dolly Parton

#inspirational #lyrics #dreams

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#trust #men