#gains

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#adversity #gains #obstacles #only #overcome

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#day #deed #denied #especially #granted

Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the same way. I study so much film that I know exactly what teams are going to do. I love knowing what a offense is going to run and stuffing that play. ↗

— Junior Seau

#beat #bishop #chess #chess game #counter

I remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over and play football against me while he was the 'permanent quarterback.' I didn't know exactly what the age difference was, but I was already playing against older guys. ↗

— Junior Seau

#age #already #brother #come #difference

And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#basic #basic needs #before #care #charge

On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

#came #day #every #hour #life

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#become #believe #blind #moment #see

But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#any #call #come #cracker #danger

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#answer #barbarity #cruelty #great #howl

Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not. ↗

— Dinah Shore

#discriminated #married men #men #should #unmarried