#severe

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#less #more #often #order #policing

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. ↗

— Euripides

#hopes #man #persevere #trusting

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#ceases #conception #god #his #itself

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#comes #comparatively #difficult #discipline #experience

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance. ↗

— Arthur Helps

#better #calmness #cosmetics #countenance #graces

Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?' That's what makes me persevere, that's what makes me keep on going. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#always #am #body #going #i

Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#affect #emergencies #equipment #guard #home

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades - and evidence is mounting that what's happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act. ↗

— David Suzuki

#been #climate #decades #droughts #events

You always need to work hard. You always need to be willing to work hard. Not everything will be hard, but you should, at the very least, be willing to work hard. ↗

— Tom Giaquinto

#inspiration #inspirational #motivate #motivation #never-give-up

Go. Go right now, and as soon, and as often as you can. Keep going. ↗

— Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés

#perseverence #inspirational