#sons

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government. ↗

— Isabel Paterson

#give #government #law #persons #power

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#age

I can't see that Danish episode as an adventure, or a crisis survived, or a serious quest for anything definable. It was just another happening like today's luncheon, something I got into and got out of. And it reminds me too much of how little life changes: how, without dramatic events or high resolves, without tragedy, without even pathos, a reasonably endowed, reasonably well-intentioned man can walk through the world's great kitchen from end to end and arrive at the back door hungry. ↗

— Wallace Stegner

#life-experience #life-lessons #living #age

Great was the name of Abraham, but all his Sons were not accepted; only Isaac was in the Covenant. ↗

— John Pearson

#accepted #covenant #great #his #isaac

Making bad decisions is a part of life. Blaming others for your bad decisions is immature. ↗

— Mi

#life-lessons #attitude

Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what then is the affection of a Father! ↗

— John Pearson

#affection #best #esteemed #excellent #father

I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those things. I had a good job in Paris, but America was, and still is, the golden fleece. And I've done very well! ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#come #done #economic #gender #golden

It's important to be grateful for the gifts we have ↗

— Sarah Weeks

#life-lessons #inspirational

The flowers anew, returning seasons bring; but beauty faded has no second spring. ↗

— Ambrose Philips

#beauty #bring #faded #flowers #returning

In those long-ago days I saw a daughter with a disability. Now I see a beautiful, engaging person with a different ability, one that has blessed her with extra gifts and special perceptions. ↗

— Lee Woodruff

#life-lessons #beauty