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“It's an absolute honor to be taking part in the pageant for the Diamond Jubilee. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will be a moment in history that will always be remembered. I'm really looking forward to being out on the river with friends and family. To mark this historic moment will be extremely special.”

Moments Opportunity Special Honor Rivers Mark Absolutes Lifetime Remembered Diamond Family And Friends Historic Looking Forward Pageant Once In A Lifetime Jubilee Once In A Lifetime Opportunities Diamond Jubilee

Author:Steve McFadden

“I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark. Through gardening, we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land.”

Source: The Inward Garden: Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning

“How much reverence has a noble man for his enemies!--and such reverence is a bridge to love.--For he desires his enemy for himself, as his mark of distinction; he can endure no other enemy than one in whom there is nothing to despise and very much to honor! In contrast to this, picture "the enemy" as the man of ressentiment conceives him--and here precisely is his deed, his creation: he has conceived "the evil enemy," "the Evil One," and this in fact is his basic concept, from which he then evolves, as an afterthought and pendant, a "good one"--himself!”

Men Facts Desire Evil Enemy Creation He Man Honor Concepts Mark Endure Deeds Noble Evolve Bridges Distinction Despise Reverence Contrast Afterthought Noble Man Pendants

Book:Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche

“In the founders of great families, titles or attributes of honor are generally correspondent with the virtues of the person to whom they are applied; but in their descendants they are too often the marks rather of grandeur than of merit. The stamp and denomination still continue, but the intrinsic value is frequently lost.”

Persons Stills Values Lost Virtue Honor Mark Titles Merit Attributes Founders Stamps Grandeur Ancestry Descendants Denominations Intrinsic Value Great Family

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“Man was mark'd A friend in his creation to himself, And may, with fit ambition, conceive The greatest blessings, and the highest honors Appointed for him, if he can achieve them The right and noble way.”

Ifs Men Way May Achieve Creation Honor Fit Blessing Ambition Highest Mark Noble Greatest Blessings

Book:The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford

Source: The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford

“When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honour. I didn't really realise how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony.”

Thinking States Bigs Eye Winning Realizing Loss Player Tears Huge Honor Seasons Mark Valuable Golden His Eyes Nba Awards Ceremony Cuban Mvp Award Ceremonies

Author:Dirk Nowitzki

“Sometimes I imagine a surveyor 100 years from now reading my plan, retracing my boundaries, and finding the monuments that I set. It's an honor to make a mark in history like that.”

Years Sometimes Reading Imagine Plans Honor Findings Mark Boundaries Monument Surveyors

Author:Mark Mason

“Why not wear a scar of Motherhood? Better than a tattoo or a mark of Honor. Let the world know what you've achieved.”

Knows World Honor Mark Motherhood Why Not Scar Tattoo

Book:Shadow Heir

Source: Shadow Heir

“To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.”

Accepting Self Esteem Humility Pride Bears Honor Dignity Criticism Mark Defeat Maturity Poise Graciousness

Book:Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward

Source: Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward