"There are dreadful moments when death comes..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.
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“It is always better to be an original than an imitation.”
“In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions, who dream greatly and strive to make their dreams come true; who can kindle the people with the fire from their own burning souls. The leader for the time being, whoever he may be, is but an instrument, to be used until broken and then to be cast aside; and if he is worth his salt he will care no more when he is broken than a soldier cares when he is sent where his life is forfeit in order that the victory may be won.”
“To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people, we must have trees.”
More on Life
“There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires”
“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”
“Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go. -Anthony Bourdain”
More on Death
“Death is always, under all circumstances, a tragedy, for if it is not then it means that life has become one.”
“If you're telling me I'm not mature, that's one thing I don't cry over since as far as I can make out it's the same thing as being dead.”
“Death. The certain prospect of death could sweeten every life with a precious and fragrant drop of levity- and now you strange apothecary souls have turned it into an ill-tasting drop of poison that makes the whole of life repulsive.”