#ife

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country. ↗

— James Otis

#calls #conduct #country #ease #estate

Mr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life, even to the total obliteration of certain meshes. ↗

— Richard Owen

#certain #chain #contributes #darwin #even

What kind of husband would I be if I bet against my own marriage?' I smiled. 'The stupid kind. Didn't you listen to your dad when he told you not to bet against me? ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#certainty #humor #husband #husband-and-wife #love

Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive? ↗

— Andrew Clements

#beautiful #clements #inspirational #ironic #life

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed. ↗

— Michael Jackson

#life #beauty

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

#life #peace #risk #ultimately #vulnerability

Lady Luck finally saw fit to shine her light on me but life taught me to share. Welcome to the light. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#lady-luck #lexie #ty #life

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. ↗

— John Patrick

#life #makes #man #pain #think

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#age

In every waking moment, it is our next choice that makes us who we are. ↗