The ways of Providence being inscrutable, and the justice of it not to be scanned by the shallow eye of humanity, nor… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Though all three men faced the same hardship, their differing perceptions of it appeared to be shaping their fates. Louie and Phil's… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic. — Alberto Fujimori Copy Share Image
Obedience and resignation are our personal offerings upon the altar of duty. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
I can remember the morning after President Nixon won re-election in 1972. His chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, called a Cabinet meeting… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Sick or well, blind or seeing, bond or free, we are here for a purpose and however we are situated, we please… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Science is the most intimate school of resignation and humility, for it teaches us to bow before the seemingly most insignificant of… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
My first full-time radio job at 21, I was there for only a couple of months before I was hospitalized. I wrote… — Mauro Ranallo Copy Share Image
What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I turned away from him and went on my way, up the street and about my business. The past was dead. The… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
I think until you reach your mid-30s, there's either a real acceptance of where you are or a resignation of where you… — Shaun Evans Copy Share Image
“To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die.” — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
You have no questions to ask of any body, no new way that you need inquire after; no oracle that you need… — William Law Copy Share Image
Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?” Her stomach twisted. “No.” She shook her head, fervently. How to explain that… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the… — Edna St Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
The need for prostitution arises from the fact that many men are either unmarried or away from their wives on journeys, that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I have heard a good story of Charles Fox. When his house was on fire, he found all efforts to save it… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary,… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation. — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
