Fred Pierce Corson quotes

“The best things in life must come by effort from within, not by gifts from the outside.”
-- Fred Pierce Corson

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“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”

“We trust, sir, that God is on our side. It is more important to know that we are on God's side.”

“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”

“It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.”

Source : In Observer 17 Aug. 1986

“As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.”

“A recent report by UNEP and Interpol estimated that between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of the Amazon basin, Central Africa and South East Asia is being carried out by organized crime. This threatens not only attempts to eradicate poverty and deforestation but also efforts to combat climate change.”

“In an effort to get the work of the Lord done we often lose contact with the Lord of work.”

“Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.”

“The best things in life are . . . Annoying.”

Source : Grumpy Cat (2014). “The Grumpy Guide to Life: Observations from Grumpy Cat”, p.50, Chronicle Books

“The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.”