#val

As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country. ↗

— Ron Paul

#building #country #elections #got #into

But think about it. We’ve tried for over twenty years to do everything right, to save our money, to pay our bills, to raise our kid, and to live within the law. We’ve done everything the right way, at least to the best of our ability.” Rick grabbed her hand. “But that’s not enough. That guy is right about at least that much. He’s giving us a chance to do something that will lash out, and he’s willing to pay for it. I can see the sincerity all over his face. He’s not trying to con us. He just wants an ally, a foot soldier.” “Why you?” Renee asked bluntly. “Is it that hard to find someone crazy enough to do something that extreme?” She caught herself and started laughing. “Maybe it is. ↗

— Rich Hoffman

#courageous #valor #courage

I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I became one... ↗

— Cathryn Kemp

#addiction #addicts #brave #courage #difficult-life

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best professional military advice. ↗

— David Petraeus

#best #clearly #down #expressed #i

Shame is the demon that keeps many of us trapped in our pain; healing comes when we gain the courage to confront our demon(s). ↗

— J'son M. Lee

#family-drama #family-love #family-relationships #family-values #guilt

The will to work of everyone in the country is the best guarantee of national survival. ↗

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

#country #everyone #guarantee #national #survival

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general. ↗

— Martin Yan

#chinese #chinese culture #culture #general #lot

If you dont speak, they will know you know more than you're telling them. And if they know that, they'll find a way to get what you know out of you. Believe me, they'll get everything out, Willie. Don't have any qualms about it -- make your story good and make it believable. Silence won't work!" This was an expert giving me the best advice she could. From that point on, I worked hard not to remember the people I loved, to try instead to create another life, a false life...I tried to become a person concerned only with very simple things -- and scared. I tried to become the woman I needed to be in order to live. ↗

— Diet Eman

#identity #survival #diet

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#had #health #high #i #loved

Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand. ↗

— Anita Borg

#bring #communicators #demand #executive #future