#sent

I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone. ↗

— Sam Houston

#alone #am #aware #i #i am

For 20 years I've had the privilege of representing Canada around the globe... first on the bike and then on my blades. The experiences have shaped me into who I am today. ↗

— Clara Hughes

#around #bike #blades #canada #experiences

If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents. ↗

— Clara Hughes

#anything #dream #medal #olympic #olympic medal

Once you consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things back the way they are. ↗

— Howard Hughes

#cancel #concession #consent #never #once

When I was skating I felt I represented not just my family and the people who helped me make it to that point, but also New York and the country. ↗

— Sarah Hughes

#country #family #felt #helped #i

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#civilization #derived #divine #grace #human

Conscience is God present in man. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#god #man #present

We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#hence #microscope #past #past time #present

Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#always #attainment #condition #earth #essential

The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#folly #injustice #just #makes #neither