#visions

I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#allowed #children #defenders #family #germans

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#glory #sight #spare #visions

Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul. ↗

— Robert Grosseteste

#any #command #discord #divisions #heart

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#cannot #change #consist #constitutions #general

There is a revolution happening, and within two years I think that Wi-Fi and Netflix will be built into all the televisions. ↗

— Reed Hastings

#happening #i #i think #into #netflix

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#divisions #entire #government #i #inhabit

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. ↗

— Napolean Hill

#blueprints #cherish #children #dreams #our dreams

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#achievements #blueprints #cherish #children #dreams

When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were so many visions which were not very good. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#born #child #concerned #first #good

So that we focus not on competing visions for Europe but on what Europe can do to improve economic growth, to give us a cleaner environment, to create more jobs, to make us more secure. ↗

— John Hutton

#competing #create #economic #economic growth #environment