#selves

Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#because #breathe #connection #gives #harmony

The words of the songs speak for themselves. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#speak #themselves #words

Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#deputy #earth #god #illusions #important

The right of conscience and private judgment is unalienable, and it is truly the interest of all mankind to unite themselves into one body for the liberty, free exercise, and unmolested enjoyment of this right. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#conscience #enjoyment #exercise #free #interest

That was when Neil discovered Jack Nietzsche. They went off and pretty much came up with that by themselves, but I thought it was a great song, and I was more than happy to do my harmony parts on it. ↗

— Stephen Stills

#discovered #great #happy #harmony #i

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#actions speak #any #get #indicate #into

I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#feeling #financially #first #foremost #fulfilling

Trusting in Christ, we may boldly join in the combat, and enlist ourselves among that disinterested band, who fight not for human ambition, or human praise, but for the honour of our Saviour, and the salvation of men. ↗

— John Strachan

#among #band #boldly #christ #combat

Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace, and to death itself. ↗

— John Strachan

#cheerfully #christ #death #disgrace #every

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#blame #capable #energy #enough #excuses