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“I want to believe freely and be a slave to the authority of no one, of a council, a university, or pope. I will confidently confess what appears to me to be true whether it has been asserted by a Catholic or a heretic, whether it has been approved or reproved by a council.” Martin […]
Continue Reading“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” Satchel Paige
Continue ReadingThe adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to […]
Continue Reading“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” ~ Aristotle Copies from Chris Sajnog’s How to Shoot Like […]
Continue ReadingAll sorts of people are fond of repeating the Christian statement that ‘God is love’. But they seem not to notice that the words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons. Love is something that one person has for another person. If God was a single person, then […]
Continue ReadingGeneral David H. Berger, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps., refused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s request to use the Corps. to safeguard Biden’s Jan. 20 inauguration from Trump supporters and insurrectionists.”Don’t lecture me on patriotism, Madam Speaker. I’ve served this country with distinction for 40 years. I’ve spilled blood for our nation. What have […]
Continue ReadingAmong other things, the Zimbabwe ex-President will be remembered for his wit and his colourful language. 1) “When your clothes are made of cassava leaves, you don’t take a goat as a friend.” 2) “If you are ugly, you are ugly. Stop talking about inner beauty because men don’t walk around with X-ray machines to […]
Continue ReadingQuote from Dr. Martin Luther King. But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist for love … Was not Amos an extremist for justice: ‘Let justice roll down […]
Continue ReadingTeddy Roosevelt gave a speech at the Sorbonne on August 23, 1910 that included this extract. It came to be known as “The Man in the Arena” speech. “ It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have […]
Continue ReadingJames Mattis: 15 Quotes from Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pick from Breitbart’s article here. by JOHN HAYWARD 2 Dec 201668 Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, is one of the most quotable figures in modern public life. He rarely gives a speech without saying something that should be emblazoned on coffee mugs, or in […]
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