#na

The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny. ↗

— John Ensign

#around #belief #bush #chance #choose

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. ↗

— Epictetus

#best #calls #company #forth #keep

I'm an optimist by nature, myself, I think. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#i think #myself #nature #optimist #think

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy. ↗

— Enya

#emotional #make #melody #moment #success

Uncertainty is a temptress. We may try our best to avoid her. But what is certain is that at some point of time, she will find us. The only question that remains is whether like Medusa, she will paralyze you, or whether like one of the nine muses of ancient Greece, she will drive you to greater things. ↗

— Richie Singh

#inspirational-attitude #reality-check #attitude

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. ↗

— Epicurus

#because #cannot #easy #free #free life

Let me tell you-no, let me quietly explain to you: the percentage of this school is no higher than that at your present school; the only difference is that this group TRIES harder, therefore it achieves more. You, as most mortals in this world do, fall into a middle or average category with respect to brains, abilities or what have you - and that is not the worst place to be, believe me. However when you join a school or group of this caliber, your work patterns and efforts automatically move up in such a way that you hardly notice because YOU ARE GOING ALONG WITH THE TIDE - one that is NOT going out. ↗

— G. Kingsley Ward

#attitude

I'm happy to be on a show that's bridging that gap of 'Okay, I'm not a teenager anymore, I'm a man.' ↗

— Milo Ventimiglia

#gap #happy #i #man #okay

Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching ↗

— Rodman Philbrick

#faith #inspirational-attitude #attitude

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#ecosystems #every #fundamental #isolated #learning