#iona

For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#inspirational #beauty

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#dialogue #eavesdrop #i #i do #inspirational

At times I experience hardship in trying to find the proper point of balance between traditional things and my own personality. ↗

— Princess Masako

#between #experience #find #hardship #i

The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#capable #course #cup #economic #exceptional

Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should declare educational bankruptcy, give the people their money and let them educate themselves and start their own schools. ↗

— William Bennett

#bad #bankruptcy #declare #educate #educational

California has set up regional collection offices around the world, staffed by California employees, specifically for out of state California businesses to collect the money and bring it back to California. ↗

— Craig Benson

#back #bring #businesses #california #collect

Blessings can be in disguise, so pay attention! ↗

— ReallyRashida

#inspirational-attitude #attitude

Insure your reading is in alignment with your goals. Read everything you can find on your goals and your profession. It's the best investment you can make. ↗

— Mark Matteson

#help #inspirational #reading #self-help #freedom

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#austria #both #countries #cultural #france

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#certain #commandment #compassionate #god #human