It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
BILL VAUGHANOut of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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Goal achievement is hero’s work.
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What’s wonderful is to read the different translations – some done in 1600 and some in 1900 – of the same passage. It’s fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.
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Managers at [the nuclear] sector should know that we need diplomacy and not slogans, .. This [is] where we should use all our leverages with patience and wisdom, without provocation and slogans that can give pretexts to the enemies.
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Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
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It’s not what’s going to happen, but who’s coming.
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Contraries are cured by contraries.
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The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.
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Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one’s balance.
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What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.
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American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we’ve never known what to do with this part of the Bible.
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I’ve still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
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We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives.
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Everything pales in comparison to deer.
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A statesman is any politician it’s considered safe to name a school after.
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The work of healing is peeling away the barriers of fear that keep us unaware of our true nature of love, peace, and rich interconnection with the web of life.
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Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?
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Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It’s not about kids and their choices. It’s about parents and their choices.
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The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.
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Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give me bread here, giving me eternal bliss in heaven!
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There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality.
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Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.
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If you’re involved in an accident and you’re at fault $500,000 may not be enough. Do you really want to lose your house because you failed to spend an extra couple of hundred bucks?
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Hay smells different to lovers and horses.
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The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is the atheist who does not believe in himself.
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The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
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