#thou

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#battles #enemy #fighting #hundred #skill

Without education, we are weaker economically. Without economic power, we are weaker in terms of national security. No great military power has ever remained so without great economic power. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#economic power #economically #education #ever #great

It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the rise of Jimmy Carter brought evangelicalism into the political mainstream. That's because faith remains a complicated issue for Obama, who is still wrongly thought to be a Muslim in some quarters. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#before #brought #campaign #carter #complicated

Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. For without doubt there is no faith. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#belief #doubt #faith #history #inquiry

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#change #change the world #citizens #committed #doubt

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#change the world #could #ever #group #indeed

Toots said to me, 'I gotta hand it to him, thought, when he got into the big money, he came by and handed me the cash, saying, 'Here's what I'm sure I owe you.' ↗

— Audrey Meadows

#came #cash #got #gotta #hand

I like doing films and I wish that I could do more but I still have to audition. I don't get offered starring roles in movies even though I've written and starred in a movie. ↗

— Tim Meadows

#could #doing #even #films #get

It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#america #citizens #could #duty #effort

I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#deeper #digging #go #i #knew