#hea

We're quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers. ↗

— Rob Simmons

#citizen #military #military bases #moving #nation

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#always #been #completely #devoted #earnest

I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#competitive #concept #days #excellence #explicitly

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#give #heart #life #living #must

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap? ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#asked #been #cheap #couple #fang

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#citadel #community #desires #done #dwell

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

#diverse #elements #heart #joined #man

Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Donaldson

#australia #course #elizabeth #head #into

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. ↗

— John Donne

#despair #heaven #hell #joy #serenity

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#beauty #devil #fighting #god #heart