#or

In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#eighties #especially #fifties #friends #i

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#endeavor #equipped #i #i believe #must

Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car. ↗

— Mary Wesley

#ago #car #cottage #edge #i

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#best #come #faith #into #job

I'd never painted anything before. I was quite content to take other people's work since I didn't care anyway about the subject matter. I approached subject matter as a scoundrel. I had nothing to say about it whatsoever. I only wanted to make these exciting paintings. ↗

— Tom Wesselmann

#anything #anyway #approached #before #care

Some people say a person receives a position in this church through revelation, and others say they get it through inspiration, but I say they get it through relation. If I hadn't been related to Heber C. Kimball I wouldn't have been a damn thing in this church. ↗

— J. Golden Kimball

#religion #inspirational

Liberal progressivism evolved after our Constitution. It has repeatedly failed all over the world so why do we think it could be successful here in the United States of America? ↗

— Allen West

#america #constitution #could #evolved #failed

I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing. ↗

— Allen West

#black #get #good #having #i

When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#forgiveness

For far too long we've allowed the other side to paint us as racist, as sexist, inhumane war mongers - well, today as a conservative black Republican and former solider, I'm here to set that record straight. ↗

— Allen West

#black #conservative #far #former #here