Quotations that catch my eye

Pillowgirl

"Once there were three bricklayers busily working in the hot afternoon sun. When asked what they were doing, the first bricklayer answered gruffly "I'm laying bricks." The second man replied, "I'm putting up a wall." But the third bricklayer said enthusiastically and with obvious pride, "I am building a beautiful cathedral!"
 
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"The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."
 
Richard M. Nixon, 1913-1994 37th President of the United States

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"The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire."
 
Pierre Tielhard de Chardin, 1881-1955 French Paleontologist and Philosopher

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If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
 
Chinese Proverb