#ever

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#censorship #confused #ever #first #fought

Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#been #before #fairly #feels #hardly

These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world. ↗

— Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

#before #branded #call #deal #down

When you encounter obstacles, don’t turn your back on them. Face them, confront them and your will see them dissolving in front of your eyes. ↗

— Roopleen

#aim #ambition #attitude #celebrate #challenges

Then there are the simple things. The way she fits against my side when we’re sitting together. How she can silence my addled thoughts with one look. The sound of my name from her lips. The way she can make a moment, any moment, a thousands times better when she is there. How the simplest pleasures in life become exciting with the promise of sharing the experience with her. ↗

— Erik Tomblin

#forever-and-a-day #friends #future #human #inspiration

Surviving is good, but overcoming is better. ↗

— Shelley Hendrix

#dream #dreams #following-dreams #inspirational #overcome-fear

In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they all walked off. Cutting was quite infrequent. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#camera #cutting #down #everybody #front

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#forgiveness #god #into #kisses #like

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent. ↗

— William Cobbett

#men #much #oftener #perseverance #talent

Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#complex #complex system #different #easier #everyone