#refuge

The particular refugee camp we were in, they were hungry for play, they were hungry for any kind of normalcy. ↗

— Connie Sellecca

#camp #hungry #kind #normalcy #particular

My mother used to say that rain here pours like a blessing, like a thick veil that parts to reveal the bride's face. But nearly every day, when this rain parted, it revealed a long line of soldiers, like you, like death, marching toward us, and we would scatter with a practiced silence and hide. ↗

— Mia Kirshner

#death #rain #refugees #soldiers #war

There are two kinds of leaders, cowboys and Shepherds. Cowboys drive and Shepherds lead. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#john-paul #john-paul-warren #leadership #motivational #pastor-john-paul-warren

Violence is the first refuge of the violent. ↗

— Aaron Allston

#refuge #violence #violent

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. ↗

— Aristotle

#education #ornament #prosperity #refuge

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent. ↗

— Aaron Allston

#first #incompetent #lawyers #refuge

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. ↗

— Aristotle

#comfort #deeds #friends #incite #keep

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#last #refuge #violence

My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally. ↗

— Vera Wang

#bedroom #designing #fair #i #i do

The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#carrying #devastated #eternity #i #idea