#vic

The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present. ↗

— Chris Kyle

#any #credits #kills #me #member

I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided. ↗

— Hugh Shelton

#generation #great #greatest #greatest generation #had

In serving others, the church will save itself from becoming nothing more than a spiritualized 501c3 not-for-profit, self-centered corporation, organized for the benefit of donor tax exemption. Serving others will remind us of our identity and call us out from this self-absorbed, selfish world to be the people of God on a journey following his Son, Jesus. ↗

— Ronnie McBrayer

#service #religion

Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse. ↗

— Rick Larsen

#children #often #silent #victims

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#convictions #his #human #human being #independent

An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#body #christendom #church #created #creature

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#conceal #first #first step #innocent #later

It is not about the money. It's the public service aspect. Absolutely, I think it has qualities of redemption. The city gets a second chance. I get a second chance. ↗

— John Rowland

#absolutely #aspect #chance #city #get

Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#device #honestly #i #i think #kindle

I think many people were surprised by the victory of the Congress, because it was really hard to see beyond the sort of haze of hatred that the Hindu nationalists had been spreading. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#been #beyond #congress #had #hard