#elves

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#allow #america #believe #choose #get

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances. ↗

— Virgil

#circumstances #persevere #preserve #yourselves

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#hard #how #just #ourselves #surprising

I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#human #human society #i #insist #invaded

That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#comparison #difference #every #laws #nature

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#fate #firmness #having #love #make

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

#bloom #fade #feel #full #know

Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#for the people #help #leaders #leaving #long-term

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#come #great #gymnasium #make #ourselves

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. ↗

— Voltaire

#gave #gift #give #god #life