#rational

Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become an operational leader of al-Qaida in a foreign land - is among the gravest that government leaders can face. ↗

— Eric Holder

#among #any #become #citizen #decision

One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation. ↗

— Eric Holder

#cannot #eliminating #head #importance #know

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#compliment #kiss #like #something #through

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you. ↗

— Bette Midler

#happiness #humor #inspirational #jealousy #success

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ↗

— Voltaire

#inspirational

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#harmful #held #irrationally #may #more

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#beliefs #call #extremely #forgotten #grounds

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#best #completely #else #rational #rest

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true. ↗

— Dean Inge

#be true #certain #certain things #choice #confident

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me. ↗

— William Nicholson

#change