#oura

Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that are not in contradiction with the Commandments comes within the mission of the Church. ↗

— Karl Lehmann

#church #comes #commandments #contradiction #duty

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist. ↗

— Carl Levin

#afghanistan #armed #armed forces #attacks #courageous

I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet. ↗

— Philip Levine

#encouraged #i #lucky #me #mother

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#elated #failure #i #success #will

I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day. ↗

— Matthew Lillard

#being #being funny #believe #big #big fan

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage. ↗

— Walter Lord

#intellectual #just #me #once #personal

Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#available #capacities #children #encouraged #equipped

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. ↗

— James Madison

#agriculture #america #arts #encouraged #had

'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. ↗

— John Major

#blunder #commercial #does #encourage #gets

I would kiss you, had I the courage. ↗

— Edouard Manet

#had #i #kiss #would #you