quotes about Acts Of Service

“We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.”

“Jim Fregosi was not only one of the most respected men in baseball, he was a great man. He was a player's manager. He had that special gift as a manager that made you want to get to the field and play your ***** off for him. Jim Fregosi was the reason that 1993 was one of the most exciting years in Philadelphia sports history.”

“Life is a Shylock; always it demands The fullest userer's interest for each pleasure. Gifts are not freely scattered by its hands; We make returns for every borrowed treasure.”

“Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.”

“I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.”

“how ridiculous we often are in our negations, our strutting self importance, our penchant for making labels and sticking them on people. As though labelling a person disposed of him!”

Source : Muriel Lester (1937). “It Occurred to Me”

“You have a great body. It is an intricate piece of technology and a sophisticated super-computer. It runs on peanuts and even regenerates itself. Your relationship with your body is one of the most important relationships you'll ever have. And since repairs are expensive and spare parts are hard to come by, it pays to make that relationship good.”

“There is more danger of numerical sequences continued indefinitely than of trees growing up to heaven. Each will some time reach its greatest height.”

“Anyone who is contemplating going to Afghanistan does need to think very carefully about the consequences, both to them and their families in terms of the grief they may suffer, as well as contemplate the legal action that might follow on their return, if they were to return,”

Source : "Attention upsets UK town's Muslims" by Jim Boulden, www.cnn.com. November 5, 2001.

“We usually do pay attention to our outer appearance, typically noticing whatever part of our bodies we are unhappy about. It behooves us, however, to get on very good terms with more than just the surface of our bodies as we grow older; for if we don't listen to our bodies and pay attention to our physical needs and pleasures, this vehicle that we need to be running well to take us into a long and comfortable life, will limit what we can do and who we become.”