#ring

That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#absurd #admirable #agreed #barack #barack obama

No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#balance #change #class #contributing #determination

We set up one rule in our house, which is, 'Guests of guests cannot bring guests.' That rule was required because that happened one weekend, and we finally said, 'Okay, you know what? That's a little too much.' ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#bring #cannot #finally #guests #happened

Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training. ↗

— Melissa Gilbert

#any #education #formal #i #i was raised

We're not leaving; we are just making sure we're not hurt too much by the level of the yen. We are stunned by the yen at 78 or 79 to the dollar, which is a historical high. The country's suffering. My duty is first to make sure Nissan gets unscathed through the turbulence to protect the company, without forgetting the fact we're a Japanese company. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#country #dollar #duty #fact #first

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#daring #forward #game #ideas #like

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#dear friend #ever #friend #golden #gray

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#bring #end #happy #happy man #his

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#behavior #courtesy #heart #love #outward

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#both #cannot #create #god #greater