Quotes of Smedley Butler

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War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people who do not profit.

- Smedley Butler

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“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

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

- Tyler Kent White

“ Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? ”

- Rainer Maria Rilke

“ The road to success is always under construction. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. ”

- Earl Nightingale

“ To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ In the waltz of the leaves in the air In the features of the playful clouds In the nostalgia carried by the wind In Paris alone, I save your love (fragment from Your presence “partout”, chapter Hope) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration is fleeting. I walk to work for inspiration and to clear my mind. ”

- Ron Ben Israel

“ Ladies, it’s harvest time!!! Take care of your crops, water them and weed them out. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Life is tough, darling, but so are you. ”

- Stephanie Bennett Henry

“ Stop hating yourself for everything you aren’t and start loving yourself for everything you already are. ”

- Unknown

“ We cannot have a world where everyone is a victim. "I'm this way because my father made me this way. I'm this way because my husband made me this way." Yes, we are indeed formed by traumas that happen to us. But then you must take charge, you must take over, you are responsible. ”

- Camille Paglia

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

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

- Dalai Lama

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

- Ashli and Trisha Edwards

“ The purpose of life is to love, the purpose of love is to live. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Do the best, give the best and leave the rest to run after you! ”

- Garima Yonzon

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones? ”

- Elizabeth Scott