#nation

As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#america #ancestors #been #beloved #echo

As the 29th state to join the United States of America, it is our turn to show the nation what represents Iowa. Our commitment to quality education, hard work, and small-town values are all represented in the Iowa quarter. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#commitment #education #hard #hard work #iowa

The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#after #august #changes #citing #commission

I don't think that science and the paranormal have to be at war; in fact, it's crucial that they work together. It seems naïve to believe that the world is exactly as it seems. ↗

— Chelsie Shakespeare

#desire #dreams #love #meant-to-be #past-lives

These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world. ↗

— Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

#before #branded #call #deal #down

When you encounter obstacles, don’t turn your back on them. Face them, confront them and your will see them dissolving in front of your eyes. ↗

— Roopleen

#aim #ambition #attitude #celebrate #challenges

I don't know whether you can look at your past and find, woven like the hidden symbols on a treasure map, the path that will point to your final destination. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #looking-back #past #path #symbols

If Christianity was only about finding a group of people to live life with who shared openly their search for God and allowed anyone regardless of behavior to seek too and who collectively lived by faith to make the world a little more like Heaven would you be interested ’ ‘Hell yes ’ was his reply. He continued ‘Are there churches like that ↗

— Hugh Halter & Matt Smay

#incarnation #incarnational #jesus-christ #missional #faith

Life is short only if you are not living your purpose. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#determination #intentions #life #living #purpose

My imagination is my polestar; I steer by that. ↗

— Clive Barker

#imagination #steer