#worth

The glory of the old Irish nation, which in our hour will grow young and strong again. Should we fail, the country will not be worth more than it is now. The sword of famine is less sparing than the bayonet of the soldier. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#bayonet #country #fail #famine #glory

When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#i #musician #remembered #some #substance

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals. ↗

— Paul J. Meyer

#goals #personal #personal goals #predetermined #progressive

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#decayed #degraded #feeling #moral #much

I've been exploring different options for when I'm done skiing. I have the Turtle Ridge Foundation, which is helping a bunch of worthy causes around the Northeast. I've also started SkiSpace, which is an online social network that basically deals with all things based around any snow sport. ↗

— Bode Miller

#also #any #around #based #basically

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. ↗

— James Nathan Miller

#conversation #know #life #listen #provided

Dallas is a great city, and it's worth fighting for. ↗

— Laura Miller

#dallas #fighting #great #great city #worth

Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything worth giving. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#worth #funny

The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#belonging #entirely #feeling #hostage #me

Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#dying #fighting #land #lasts #only