#elves

There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#day #foreign #foreign policy #must #ourselves

If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#dose #everyone #how #i #i think

We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#bequeath #children #conserve #environment #generation

It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#aspects #culture #good #our #ourselves

For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#beyond #cause #causes #i #just

You know, as I do, actors who, having become worldwide celebrities thanks to a TV series, complain of their lot and declare themselves ready to drop it all. ↗

— James MacArthur

#celebrities #complain #declare #drop #having

I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#even #generosity #how #i #knew

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#anyone #ever #existence #i #most

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#fashion #great #great things #silence #themselves

Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves. ↗

— David Vitter

#confidence #defense #government #led #less