#wards

I see the Jedi mission as giving up a normal life in exchange for protecting the innocent. It's a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#certain #certain degree #degree #exchange #giving

Shortly afterwards my father told me that he might be going into the Eastern Zone of Germany. At that time my own mind was closer to his than it had ever been before, because he also believed that they are at least trying to build a new world. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#also #because #been #before #believed

Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth. ↗

— Kenichi Fukui

#chemistry #contribution #earth #energy #fear

I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half. ↗

— Uri Geller

#bent #broke #eating #five #half

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield. ↗

— Melissa Gilbert

#daughter #examples #four #frustrations #god

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. ↗

— Fred Hoyle

#car #could #drive #go #hour

I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#civil #civil service #dare #enactment #evade

That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and illustrators have towards the people they create things for. ↗

— Eric Carle

#art school #create #design #designers #emphasized

But at the same time, I think we recognize we can't impose democracy from without, particularly American-style democracy. We need to work with those elements in the region that are moving towards a reformed process and there are a number of them. ↗

— Frank Carlucci

#democracy #elements #i #i think #impose

Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#encouragement #example #giving #stewardship #stories