Quotes February 22, 2022

“And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our common security, but it means fulfillment of all standards of a civilized world, like protection of human rights and democratic mechanisms.”
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Former President of Poland
 
 
 
 
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove.
Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne’er be younger.
William Shakespeare,
poet, playwright
 
 
 
 
“Neither the fanatics nor the faint-hearted are needed. And our duty as a Party is not to our Party alone, but to the nation, and, indeed, to all mankind. Our duty is not merely the preservation of political power but the preservation of peace and freedom.” – John F. Kennedy
 
 
 
 
Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
J.R.R. Tolkein – 1892-1973 – Writer-Poet-Academic
 
 
 
 
Imagination creates reality.
Richard Wagner – 1813-1883 – Composer
 
 
 
 
Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.
Lana Del Rey – Singer – Songwriter – Record Producer
 
 
 
 
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
Napoleon Hill – 1883-1970 -Author
 
 
 
 
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Frank Zappa – 1940-1993 – Musician-Singer-Composer
 
 
 
 
For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Frederick Douglass,
social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer
February is Black History Month