Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton Quotes & Sayings

There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year. — Richard Lugar

So grateful for the people who heard me when I was silent and saw me when I was invisible. — Steve Maraboli

I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty and I wonder how the same can be both. — Markus Zusak

Sometimes you can fail in an experiment. But if you fail, you still don't stop observing that thing, looking for a better way. — William Kamkwamba

His tip hit her core, both of them yelling. She bucked upward at the touch, her hands clutching his shoulders. "Holy shit!" Luke cried. He breathed hard through his nose. "That as... I'm not sure... I think I might lose it... — Amanda Carlson

As far as I can see the church in the United States will continue to decline. Our situation is a little like Judah's in the late seventh century. The nearest I can get to an explanation of why I continue as a professor is that I have to do as Jeremiah did in that situation. I don't imply that I think of myself as a kind of Jeremiah or that I am important in the way that Jeremiah was, but I appreciate the inspiration to faithfulness that he provides. I appreciate his example as someone who continued to teach and write, even though he suspected in the short term that it was pointless. — John E. Goldingay

And also I assert our interest in respecting all our obligations and implementing all our commitments. And will save no effort whatever to protect this newborn opportunity of peace, that is provided through what we have already declared here today. — Mahmoud Abbas

Friendship doesn't have anything to do with shoring up weakness. It has to do with respect and consideration for those you care about. It has to do with wanting to give something back to those you admire. — Terry Brooks