Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left? Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.' Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Jul 08, 2024 - Fabian Biese>