#embrace

Candidate Obama was either exceptionally naive or willfully disingenuous when he vowed to change the way Washington works. The very promise of Hope and Change was rooted in uprooting the Washington modus operandi. But instead of rejecting it, he embraced it all - the secrecy, the closed doors, the political favors, the near-criminal negligence. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#change #closed #disingenuous #doors #either

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#both #embraces #encircle #firmament #foe

And, moreover, it is art in its most general and comprehensive form that is here discussed, for the dialogue embraces everything connected with it, from its greatest object, the state, to its least, the embellishment of sensuous existence. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

#comprehensive #connected #dialogue #discussed #embraces

In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will. ↗

— Edith Stein

#eternal #god #hold #image #keep

I will embrace the first opportunity to get to California and it is altogether probable that when once there I shall never again leave it. ↗

— George Stoneman

#altogether #california #embrace #first #get

I embrace everything. ↗

— David Hasselhoff

#everything #i

See, winners embrace hard work. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#hard #hard work #see #winners #work

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#course #embrace #me #men #say

It's too late!" I cried "I thought that once, too. But it's never too late. You taught me that. Love can make us eternal.” Phoenix’s eyes closed, haunted to the end. “I'm sorry,” were his last words. "I forgive you,” I sobbed, gripping onto him desperately. “I forgive you.” It was too late. All. Too. Late. ↗

— Jessica Shirvington

#jessica-shirvington #phoenix #the-embrace-series #the-violet-eden-chapters #violet

We spend so much time creating a façade of what we want to project to the world, we almost forget what we ourselves are truly about in the process. ↗

— Jason R. Thrift

#inspirational #love #philosophical #simple #inspirational