#ira

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#every #hour #me #miracle #night

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#every #light #miracle #moment

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#feeling #hearing #me #miracle #miracles

Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How much trouble did that cause us, because we were not able to go into Iraq through Turkey? ↗

— Roger Wicker

#about #allies #because #cause #did

Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#admiral #assistant #big #car #chief

I who am blind can give one hint to those who see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. make the most of every sense; glory in the beauty which the world in all the facets of pleasure reveals to you through the several means of contact which Nature provides. But of all the senses, I am sure that sight is the most delightful. ↗

— Helen Keller

#beauty

Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#aspirations #banks #because #begin #community

Our faith is watered and we flourish when we reach out to others in love. We think good times and comfort will make us happy. But history shows that the people who are filled with the most joy and contentment are those who reach out to others-despite tough times ↗

— Laurie Kehler

#spiritual-growth #faith

My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me. ↗

— Venus Williams

#been #definitely #designed #dresses #going

America - it is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time. ↗

— Thomas Wolfe

#country #fabulous #happen #miracles #only