#tate

The kingdom of heaven in not a place but a state of mind. ↗

— John Burroughs

#inspirational #state-of-mind #wisdom #inspirational

Life is for participating, not for spectating. ↗

— Kathrine Switzer

#participate #running #spectate #inspirational

If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#anarchist #chomsky #communism-patriotism-inspiration #lenin #leninism

No commander was ever privileged to lead a finer force; no commander ever derived greater inspiration from the performance of his troops. ↗

— John J. Pershing

#miltary #the-great-war #united-states-military #world-war- #inspirational

Ergens ter wereld bestaan nog volken en kudden, doch niet bij ons, mijne broeders: hier vindt men staten. Staat? Wat is dat? Wellaan! Zet nu de oren open, want thans zeg ik u mijn woord over de dood der volken. Staat beduidt het koudste van alle monsters. Koud is ook zijn leugen; en deze leugen kruipt hem uit de mond: 'Ik, de staat, ben het volk. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#men

If one keeps on adapting, their contribution will be limited. They can only imitate but never create. ↗

— Ravindra Shukla

#create #imitate #inspirational #youth #inspirational

Do you inquire why, holding these views and possessing some will of my own, i accept so imperfect a proposition? I answer, because I live among men and not among angels. ↗

— Thaddeus Stevens

#men

I feel that if my only audience is the Christian audience, then I've failed in my mission ↗

— Eric Wilson

#mission-statement #inspirational

For one man to gain another must lose ↗

— Samuel McMahon

#religious #statement #inspirational

We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the constitution of our land, and believe that the Lord raised up men purposely for the accomplishment of this object, raised them up and inspired them to frame the Constitution of the United States ↗

— Lorenzo Snow

#constitution #united-states #inspirational