Quotes of Commander D. Michael Abrashoff

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The most important thing that a commander can do is to see the ship from the eyes of the crew.

- Commander D. Michael Abrashoff

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“ In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. ”

- Anne Frank

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ At the beginning, you need no support other than your pen and paper to write down the ideas that your brain is ready to supply you at any given time. ”

- Godspower Oparaugo

“ Betrayal, Selfishness, Sly and many more! A kid is far away from understanding abstract nouns except one Love. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was ”

- Albert Schweitzer

“ Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. ”

- Michael Novak

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus! ”

- Neal A. Maxwell

“ Let me take you from Miss to Mrs ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ You lose nothing when fighting for a cause ... In my mind the losers are those who don't have a cause they care about. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ I don't think you can define love. ”

- Harry Styles

“ The art of existence is to find a sensation of spiritual expansion that makes you larger than existence itself. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Nothing is over for good! You either take with you memories, love, lesson or an experience. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can. ”

- Nicholas Sparks

“ ?Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. ”

- Voltaire

“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

“ I have come from the End of the World. From the River of Dreams, through the gauntlet and the Briar and the Deep Wyld, in order to stand before you today. I have but one request—to take my place at your side. To resume my duty as your knight, and to protect you and your kingdom for as long as I draw breath. ”

- Julie Kagawa

“ The human tendency is to resemble or imitate those we admire; the common result is the delusion, that to emulate another’s personality creates a pseudo persona, measurably dissimilar from our own. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Your past, including your failures, simply offers feedback that makes you wiser and stronger than before. ”

- Brittany Burgunder

“ Relationships are like Rome difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. ”

- Helen Keller

“ In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? ”

- Rainer Maria Rilke