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Quotes of the Day 5/2/2024

Published May 2, 2024 by tindertender

“Go spend an hour with ants. Each of those black specks you see is a life. One whole life that you can save, take, or affect in some way. You have the power to make so many lives better. It is within you. Don’t lose sight of that.” ~Kamand Kojouri

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“Without trust there’s no cooperation. And without cooperation there’s no progress. History stops.” ~Rick Yancey

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“Nothing truly valuable can be achieved except by the unselfish cooperation of many individuals.” ~Albert Einstein

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“Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced cooperation.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

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“A threefold cord is not easily broken.” ~Ecclesiastes 4:12 “If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired.” ~Askhari Johnson Hodari

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“Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.” ~C. S. Lewis

Civility

Published January 29, 2022 by tindertender

The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner, that he thinks it mere condescension in him; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretense to claim.
~ Chesterfield

LORD CHESTERFIELD AT RANGER’S HOUSE
The 18th-century politician Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), was the most celebrated resident of Ranger’s House. One of the foremost men of his age, he is now best known as the author of the famous Letters to his illegitimate son.
Initially a reluctant resident at Ranger’s, he came to love his Blackheath home and used it as a summer retreat. Find out more about his life at Ranger’s House.