Quotes of Stephen Decatur

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Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.

- Stephen Decatur

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“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ Anything under God's control is never out of control. ”

- Charles Swindoll

“ May I share with you a formula that in my judgment will help you and help me to journey well through mortality... First, fill your mind with truth; second, fill your life with service; and third, fill your heart with love. ”

- Thomas S. Monson

“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ Your memory feels like home to me. So whenever my mind wanders, it always finds it’s way back to you. ”

- Ranata Suzuki

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Life is good! It is only our thoughts, choices and actions towards the situations we meet in life each moment of time that makes life look bad! The same bad situation in life that makes one person think badly inspires another to do a noble thing! The same good situation in life that makes one person feel so good to get into a bad situation inspires another person to create another good situation because of the good situation. It is all about thoughts, choices and actions! Life is good! Live it well! ”

- Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“ Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. ”

- Sherrilyn Kenyon

“ I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made. ”

- Tyler Kent White

“ Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ”

- Susan Ee

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. ”

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“ Confusion, obsession, and potential love walk handinhand. ”

- Ashli and Trisha Edwards

“ There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment ”

- Norman Vincent Peale