#serve

But it so happens, and it will ever happen so, that they who have lived to serve their country - no matter how weak their efforts may have been - are sure to receive the thanks and blessings of its people. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#blessings #country #efforts #ever #happen

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts. ↗

— Lord Melbourne

#crime #duty #government #preserve #prevent

It may seem a hard task to condemn fellow creatures to long years of confinement in prison, but it is not so hard if they clearly deserve it. ↗

— Thomas Mellon

#condemn #confinement #creatures #deserve #fellow

I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#act #acting #addiction #attention #being

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future. ↗

— Herman Melville

#future #governor #laws #most #must

I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there. ↗

— Kohei Uchimura

#changes #extraordinary #heal #hope #i

A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#either #end #image #life #live

Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve. ↗

— Debra Messing

#ask #because #carry #deserve #doctor

I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of my life and I loved it. I've always been a reader. I think living all those stories served me to naturally take that next step to creating. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#because #been #body #creating #defined

It's not an Israeli model, it's a TSA, screwed-up model. It should actually be the person who's looking at the ticket and talking to the individual. Instead, they've hired people to stand around and observe, which is a bastardization of what should be done. ↗

— John Mica

#around #done #hired #individual #instead