Reserves Vs National Guard Quotes & Sayings

I thought coming here would change things for me, but I'm starting to worry that I've done what I always do: mistake a distraction for a chance at redemption. — Melissa DeCarlo

What is impossible with man is child's play with God. — Mahatma Gandhi

You saw on your TV what happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The Reserves or National Guard are usually the people we use for those national emergencies. They weren't here, they were over in Iraq, and so we were less protected. — Joseph Stiglitz

THE GLORY OF HIM WHO IS ALL AND IN ALL — George Goodman

We must leave our pets at home, when we go into the street, and meet men on broad grounds of good meaning and good sense. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Letter from Van Gogh to Gauguin: Ah! my dear friend, to make of painting what the music of Berlioz and Wagner has been before us ... a consolatory art for distressed hearts! There are as yet only a few who feel it as you and I do!!! [Letter 739, Arles, 21 January 1889] — Liesbeth Heenk

When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites. — Christopher Dodd

When in doubt, err on the side of generosity. — Ping Fu

She sat still, trying to hush her secret heart. — Margaret Landon

Two new reports indicate that, under Bush, the Army is overstretched and under enormous strain. The National Guard and reserves have been weakened and we are experiencing numerous recruiting problems. — Jim Clyburn

1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves. — Rosa DeLauro

I suppose all of us have to look at our job and ask how it now serves the cause I suppose one is lucky if a simple answer presents itself. — Chris Cleave

Enlightened teachers can do certain miracles, but they are not really miracles. They just know how to use energy on other levels of consciousness. A miracle is in the eye of the beholder, as is all of life. — Frederick Lenz

It's hard to believe, but anything can happen. Accidents do happen, unfortunately, it happened at the worst time. — Tiger Woods

I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget ... to look ahead, not behind. — Dan O'Brien

Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign. — Jeane Kirkpatrick

I dream too much, and I don't write enough, and I'm trying to find God everywhere. — Anis Mojgani

we had pulled a bait and switch on the National Guard and Reserves - most men and women had joined the Guard in particular expecting to go to monthly training sessions and summer training camp, and to be called up for natural disasters or a national crisis; instead, they had become an operational force, deploying for a year or more to join an active and dangerous fight and potentially deploying more than once. — Robert M. Gates