#ff

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#difficulty #perseverance #potentiality #trial #perseverance

When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed. ↗

— Sophocles

#failure #perseverance #persistence #perseverance

Infidelity is an opium of unfaithfulness. ↗

— Toba Beta

#disloyalty #infidelity #opium #satisfaction #unfaithfulness

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#human-rights #politics #slavery #suffrage #knowledge

Thomas Jefferson once said: 'Of course the people don't want war. But the people can be brought to the bidding of their leader. All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked and denounce the pacifists for somehow a lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.' I think that was Jefferson. Oh wait. That was Hermann Goering. Shoot." [Hosting the Peabody Awards for broadcasting excellence at the New York Waldorf-Astoria, June 6, 2006] ↗

— Jon Stewart

#iraq-war #jefferson #misquote #war #iraq

The drinking of coffee is an absolute sin! Our Glorious Prophet did not partake of coffee because he knew it dulled the intellect, caused ulcers, hernia and sterility; he understood that coffee was nothing but the Devil's ruse. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#life #life

The most precious gift to give to your spouse is not your life because if you die,he/she will no longer have use of you rather the most precious gift is your time, attention, affection, self and love! ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#gift #living #love #marriage #precious

Alessandra approached the geniuses of the past to give them life with her attention, which was the form her affection took: paying attention. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#attention #respect #life

Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path. I shall be a litterateur, at least, all my life; nor would I abandon the hopes which still lead me on for all the gold in California.” EDGAR ALLAN POE TO FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS FEBRUARY 14, 1849 ↗

— Andrew Barger

#literature-quotes #poe-quotes #life

Life will be a whole lot better if we understand what our salvation in Christ means. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#agu #god #higher-living #jaachynma #prince