#ben

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#beneath #bird #boughs #feels #flight

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#arrangement #benevolent #greater #life #only

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#back #backs #bent #comes #continuous

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#bent #man #ride #unless #your

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#better #conferred #gradually #should #taste

I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#always #assemblies #bend #come #discussed

Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. ↗

— Ron Paul

#anything #anytime #away #benefit #cliches

They say that if I win that I'll take away benefits, but the only one who has expropriated things from you is this government. After visiting all around our Venezuela, I don't have a doubt that we will win. ↗

— Henrique Capriles Radonski

#around #away #benefits #doubt #government

There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive. ↗

— Lara St. John

#benefactors #canada #incentive

I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#benjamin franklin #especially #felt #foreign #foreign policy