#or

A lost person or article is still what it is, still valuable in itself, but in the wrong place, disconnected from its purpose and unable to be or do whatever it is intended to be or do. ↗

— David Winter

#catholic #lost #purpose #religion #value

His attitude, though always bad, has changed since he helped me prep the Pandora charm for Morgan. He thinks I'm falling for her, as ridiculous as that sounds, and he might be tempted to take matters into his hands. ↗

— Kim Harrison

#jonathan #quen #rachen-morgan #romance #the-hollows

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#apartheid #attention #because #crucial #did

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace. ↗

— Confucius

#honor #justice #society #wealth #honor

One's interest or need does not annul other's right. ↗

— Al-Hafiz B.A. Masri

#animal-rights #animal-welfare #animals #ethics #islam

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough. ↗

— John Abizaid

#clearly #duty #enormous #enough #fact

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#flowers #forgets #hand #his #man

Cut me off from the Church? They can't do that! I repent do damn fast! ↗

— J. Golden Kimball

#religion #religion

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people. ↗

— John Abizaid

#build #civilian #control #done #got

To make 2013 (or any other)your year, keep it simple: 1) Count your blessings first 2) Whatever you did last year, Do it better 3) Go step by step, One day at a time. 4) Create/make your own opportunities. 5) Believe in your abilities at all times, 6) Qutting is not an option. Keep Going. 7) Finish what you started ↗

— Pablo

#begin #belief #believe #blessings #discipline