Skabein Quotes & Sayings

Everyone will tell you your goal is impossible, pointless, stupid, wasteful. So you hang tough. You back yourslef and only yourself. — Tim Winton

Without struggles, success would be meaningless. — Peprah Boasiako

Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it. — P.G. Wodehouse

God delights in providing His people with material gain and comfort, although prosperity can pose a threat to spiritual well-being. — Max Anders

I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you now, I believe this attack will fail. No 15,000 men ever made could take that ridge. It's a distance of more than a mile, over open ground. When the men come out of the trees, they will be under fire from Yankee artillery from all over the field. And those are Hancock's boys! And now, they have the stone wall like we did at Fredericksburg.
- Lieutenant General James Longstreet to General Robert E. Lee after the initial Confederate victories on day one of the Battle of Gettysburg. — Michael Shaara

The Grindstone III. The Shadow IV. Calm in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer — Charles Dickens