#sec

Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary. I believe we miss opportunities and lovely secrets our Lord is waiting to teach us by not taking what comes. ↗

— Mother Maribel

#believe #brought #circumstances #comes #did

Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#secured #slavish #submission

The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#benefits #economy #for the people #generates #money

Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system. ↗

— Ed Markey

#economy #educational #nation #our #place

There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#believe #his #improvising #one thing #played

A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe. ↗

— Yann Martel

#image #least #movie #novelist #page

From time to time, the irresponsible acts of the Cuban government remind us that this is far more than about the freedom of one country, but it really is about the stability and security of the region and the national security interests of the United States. ↗

— Mel Martinez

#acts #country #cuban #far #freedom

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#became #being #cases #child #child abuse

When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#backed #boss #called #could #down

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time. ↗

— Karl Marx

#art #confession #everywhere #immortal #movement