Partaken Define Quotes & Sayings

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity. — Marie Curie

If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed, — Thomas Jefferson

The seeds of greatness are ideas you learn from people who've been great in their service to others. — Denis Waitley

And my chest swells with an emotion I'm not familiar with . . . happiness? Pride? I'm not sure what it is, but I suddenly feel compelled to do things that will make me feel this way all the time, which gives me pause, since that seems dangerous too. — Kelly Thompson

Once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. - MUHAMMAD ALI — Hal Elrod

Fred gave the Extendable Ear a hearty tug; there was another loud crack and he and George vanished. — J.K. Rowling

When you can see it, it's all that you can see; when it's not there anymore, you can see it thousands of times in the distance. What is it? — Anonymous

As long as a population can be induced to believe in a supernatural hereafter, it can be oppressed and controlled. People will put up with all sorts of tyranny, poverty, and painful treatment if they're convinced that they'll eventually escape to some resort in the sky where lifeguards are superfluous and the pool never closes. Moreover, the faithful are usually willing to risk their skins in whatever military adventure their government may currently be promoting. — Tom Robbins

Up to then there had been something of a gentleman's agreement among those who might be called The Good Journalists of Washington that the Kennedy Administration was one of excellence, that it was for good things and against bad things, and that when it did lesser things it was only in self-defense, and in order that it might do other good things. — David Halberstam

Reading books in one's youth is like looking at the moon through a crevice; reading books in middle age is like looking at the moon in one's courtyard; and reading books in old age is like looking at the moon on an open terrace. — Lin Yutang