He who lives among a certain sort of people becomes accustomed to that kind of habit, behavior, and morals. Consequently the cool become enthusiastic, the stupid become sharp, the idle are aroused to activity by a lively interest in their fellow men. Spirit can give itself to spirit and act beneficially upon another and attract another to prayer, to attention. It can encourage him in despondency, turn him from vice, and arouse him to holy action.
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
But, as in American Sniper, the effect of depicting violence in such a gruesome, realistic way amplifies the sense of awe around masculinity: a man is defined by his willingness to use violence when he must, an even more serious duty when such violence is shown in an unsanitized, realistic, gruesome way.
Find a heart that will love you at your worst, and arms that will hold you at your weakest.
Fred Rice, gunslinger, badest hombre ever to grace the American Southwest desert since Pancho Villa.
Stab me in the heart; once, twice, more. For it is your own you are stabbing; I gave you mine to hold long ago. No pain will be greater than you leaving with my heart in your hands. Rip me apart or hold it for eternity, in the name of love.
Is it really that easy? Can I really save the world? Sure. I just called a friend of mine who is a chemist. He has a technology that might improve the way we get energy. Make it cheaper. Less pollution. I have no idea about chemistry. But just talking to him and encouraging him I felt like I was helping the world.
Position is good to have pre- flop. It’s very good to have on the flop. It’s great to have on the turn. And it’s outstanding to have on the river. There is no more important time.
He was a big kid,” she added. “There was nothing he liked better than playing ‘Lego Batman’ with our son Noah on the Xbox.
Sometimes those who were defeated have made as great a contribution to the ultimate result as the victors.
Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying “time heals all wounds” is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.
A person who seeks not only to listen but to understand as well is rare – a treasure. And rare treasures are priceless.
The words grace and gracious are used 169 times in the Bible.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Long before our words go wrong, our hearts are the place in which they fester and brew.
Think about how stupid the average person is; now realise half of them are dumber than that. – George Carlin.
Election is the most wonderful prearranged marriage imaginable.
Todo mundo de preto.
He bravely ventures out onto rugged dirt roads, and takes to the open world to see what life has to offer. While it’s nice to have luxury, there’s nothing like having a more raw, down to earth experience that connects you in a very Real way with the world all around you. That’s a valuable experience, worth more than all of the Gold in the world itself.
What’s the difference between man and Superman? Man wears underwear under the trouser and superman wears it over the trouser.