Dick Murphy quotes

“Your first obligation, I suppose, is to your God. Your second is to your family. And your third is to your community. And you ought to try to fulfill all of those in your life.”
-- Dick Murphy

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“I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.”
-- Dick Murphy

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“You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.”
-- Dick Murphy

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“I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.”
-- Dick Murphy

#Careers Quotes #Want Quotes #Needs Quotes

“We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.”

“It is impossible, Bible in hand, to limit Christ's Church to one's own little community. It is everywhere, in all parts of the world; and whatever its external form, frequently changing, often impure, yet the gifts wherever received increase our riches.”

Source : Abraham Kuyper (2007). “The Work of the Holy Spirit”, p.186, Cosimo, Inc.

“I want everyone to keep the property that he has acquired for himself according to the principle:benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual. But the state should retain supervision and each property owner should consider himself appointed by the state. It is his duty not to use his property against the interests of others among his own people. This is the crucial matter. The Third Reich will always retain its right to control the owners of property.”

“I, personally, am trying to get more and more involved with the gay and lesbian movement, very much so.”

“I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.”

“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”

Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes

“Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.”

“First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.”

“Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.”

“That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 25, 2013