Calling Quote by David Pietrusza Download Open image ““No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it.”” — David Pietrusza ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Calling Extra mile Job Vocation
“He (LBJ) was smiling and deferential, but lots of guys can be smiling and deferential. He had something else. No matter what someone thought,… — Tommy Corcoran Copy Share Image
“Unless a man has something to lift, he can never find out how strong he is.” — Opie Read Copy Share Image
“Tis best to weight the enemy more mighty than he seems.” Or she, as was this particular case.” — Kerrigan Byrne Copy Share Image
“The weight you lift is not nearly as heavy as the weight you carry.” — Toni Sorenson Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter if the burden is heavy. It matters that we carry it.” — Anonymous Authors Copy Share Image
“Understanding is getting under the stand of someone so everyone can be lifted.” — Hope D. Blackwell Copy Share Image
“You are no greater than your actions to those who don't matter.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“But even a wonderful soloist needs a song. Even a pitch-perfect voice needs a message.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“The right to resign is one of the cherished privileges of a free man; the willingness to resign, when principle and the public interest are served, is always present in the public-spirited and the self-respecting. They look upon resigning, not as a cowardice and quitting and a personal disaster, but as the ultimate guarantee of their useful influence and of… — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“Losers break the rules. There's no point in obeying them because if you obey the unwritten rules of civility, you're going to lose anyway. So why not just do what you can?' - Zachary Karabell” — David Pietrusza Copy Share
“TR on using extramarital accusations against Wilson: "It won't work. You can't cast a man as Romeo who looks and acts like an apothecary's… — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“Though there is no evil in righteousness, there is in self-righteousness,” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“Never far removed from the progressive consciousness was a question that was never easily answered: of what value was it to punish offending Democrats,… — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“It came down to so many factors: an underdog who refused to surrender, a presumed victor who refused to fight, disgruntled Democrats - on… — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“Every presidential nominee says his vice president will be given a serious, important role in his new administration. But it almost never materializes. A… — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“To Dewey, if brevity was the soul of wit, stagecraft was the very center of politics.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“Woodrow Wilson intimate Edward House urged that his boss never first be approached by argument. Instead, the President could be made most receptive by… — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“It involves no disrespect for Mrs. Truman to say that her daughter gets a bigger hand than she does,' observed Richard Rovere. 'This country… — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
“Truman makes friends without influencing people,' noted Arthur Schlesinger Jr. 'Dewey influences people without making friends.” — David Pietrusza Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world. — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
When you heed the calling of your heart, you are following your purpose. Having purpose in your life gives you the courage to do… — Rhonda Britten Copy Share Image
Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all his brothers and sisters to share the find, Richard J. 'Foster has 'found' the spiritual disciplines that the modern world has stored away and forgot, and has excitedly called us to celebrate them. For they are,… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share
There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life; it's a continuity thing. You can't have a great moment because it's spiritual. It's… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
NBC is making a movie about Martha Stewart that will cover the recent stock scandal. They are thinking of calling it 'The Road To… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, I was reading Dante and I was saying to myself 'Bravo, Dante, Bravo.' It's so beautiful, the music,… — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
I don't see [ Trainspotting ] as an albatross, I see it more as a calling card. It's got me out to Hollywood, I've… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image