#our

I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#hearts #i #i believe #more #much

The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#came #clark #country #first #had

We are designed with a dreaming brain and a hopeful spirit; it is our nature to envision the life of our dreams. And while dreaming comes easy to us, we must never forget that it takes strength, dedication, and courageous action to bring that dream to life ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#courage #dreams #goals #inspirational #life

...a tourist can't help but have a distorted opinion of a place: he meets unrepresentative people, has unrepresentative experiences, and runs around imposing upon the place the fantastic mental pictures he had in his head when he got there. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#travel #experience

I need a weapon,” Valkyrie muttered. “You’re an Elemental with a Necromancer ring, trained in a variety of martial arts by some of the best fighters in the world,” Skulduggery pointed out. “I’m fairly certain that makes you a weapon.” “I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick.” “I’ll buy you a stick for Christmas. ↗

— Derek Landy

#humour #skulduggery #stick #weapon #art

It is a curiously moving experience, to hear 350 sailors uttering the words "Oh shit!" in eleven different languages. ↗

— John Biggins

#humour #experience

He's got courage," Alex said. "Courage!" Raoul bellowed. "That coward almost kills him and-- ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#alex #anger #courage #raoul-of-goldenlake #anger

I have enough money for the rest of my life and enough to leave a good inheritance for our kids. ↗

— David A. Siegel

#good #i #inheritance #kids #leave

The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it. ↗

— Horatio Seymour

#constitution #democracy #merit #our #promotes

Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it. ↗

— Ric Keller

#common #common sense #encourage #history #illegal