"Obedience is our universal duty and destiny; wherein whoso will not bend must break; too early and too thoroughly we cannot be trained to know that "would," in this world of ours, is a mere zero to "should," and for most part as the smallest of fractions even to "shall."
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"The world might be a very scary place if it were only run by Virgos."
"You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world."
"Help, and you will make a huge impact in the life of the street, the town, the country and our planet. If only one out of four of each one hundred of you choose to help on any given day, in any given cause, incredible things will happen in the world you live in."
"What we do in life is determined by how we communicate to ourselves. In the modern world, the quality of life is the quality of communication."
"So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know."
"Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept."
"Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead."
"Simply put: time is fluid. The faster your world spins out of control, the slower timer crawls. The more time you need, the less you're sure to get. It's all relative"
"I don't thrive on the concept of being naked at every possible moment, but it's not the biggest deal in the world to me."
"Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money."
"Destroy your primitivity, and you will most probably get along well in the world, maybe achieve great success--but Eternity will reject you. Follow up your primitivity, and you will be shipwrecked in temporality, but accepted by Eternity."
"Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions."
"Its a crazy world out there. Be curious."
"...maybe the world needs a cadre of smartasses to liven things up, who knows?"
"The world doesn't need another Dell or Compaq."
"The church was first established and organized with a world-wide mission for a world-wide work."
"There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation."
"The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world."
"Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me."