#ranks

The young boys I speak with say to me: Why would I want to live in this world - where they rely on charity, dry pieces of bread and water, where they are subjected to harsh treatment, when they can be free and be the envy of their colleagues in the afterlife. They are only too eager to sign on the dotted line and join the ranks of the Taliban. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#bread #charity #colleagues #dotted #dry

I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#i #join #life #live #make

In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses an algorithm that ranks Web pages by the number of links to them, with those links themselves valued by the number of links to their page of origin. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#because #brilliant #comparison #google #links

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#comfortable #conscience #good #great #great source

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#asian #developments #dramatic #economic #economies

In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#artistic #character #displayed #earth #genius

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#beauty #distinctions #entry #find #front

I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't sound very hot to me. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#boy #debonair #hot #i #jokes

My sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would want to be a member of anyway. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#challenge #church #episcopal #i #member

We might all place ourselves in one of two ranks the women who do something, and the women who do nothing; the first being of course the only creditable place to occupy. ↗

— Lucy Larcom

#course #first #might #nothing #occupy