Charles Lever quotes

“No matter how skillfully a man play the game of life, there is but one test of his ability--did he win?”
-- Charles Lever

Source : Charles Lever (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Lever (Illustrated)”, p.4531, Delphi Classics

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“The rain was dashing in torrents against the window-panes, and the wind sweeping in heavy and fitful gusts along the dreary and deserted streets, as a party of three persons sat over their wine, in that stately old pile which once formed the resort of the Irish Members, in College Green, Dublin, and went by the name of Daly's Clubhouse.”
-- Charles Lever

Source : Charles Lever (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Lever (Illustrated)”, p.767, Delphi Classics

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“Old Dublin City there is no doubtin' Bates every city upon the say. 'Tis there you'd hear O'Connell spoutin' And Lady Morgan making tay. For 'tis the capital of the finest nation, With charmin' pisintry upon a fruitful sod, Fightin' like devils for conciliation, And hatin' each other for the Love of God.”
-- Charles Lever

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“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!”

Source : "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture". Book by Abbie Hoffman, p. 297, 1980.

“I think the greatest legacy of the 1960s was the general feeling that not only can you fight the powers that be, but you can win.”

“I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers

“God wants us to speak to men so that they will feel it, so that they will never forget it. God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to.”

“Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”

“The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons, how important that mental rest is. It's a grind physically during the season, dealing with the hits and the physical pain that goes with playing in this game. But mentally it's probably more taxing, so you need that ability to find that escape.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com

“The pressure I put on myself is the only pressure I'm feeling once I get into the game.”

“The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.”

Source : "To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue" edited by Ellen Land-Weber, Part I, Holland, Ch. 1, (p. 48), 2000.

“Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.”