“I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.” PeopleThinkingWayMaySelfSuccessfulNiceAirCarPoliticianSouthBelovedDriversSouthernSuspicionPetty Author:John Shelton Reed
“We ought to be very cautious in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty, and may be the origin of a number of petty acts of tyranny if the legislator be not on his guard; for as such an accusation does not bear directly on the overt acts of a citizen, but refers to the idea we entertain of his character.” IfsMayDoeTwoIdeasCharacterLawReligionIndividualJusticeNumbersLibertyMagicCrimeBearsOughtCitizensConscienceTyrannyPersecutionPettyCautiousHeresyLegislatorsAccusationIndividual RightsProsecution Author:Baron de Montesquieu
“The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.” MaySelfInterestEconomicExpressionTypeCapitalismMereGreedRangePettySelf InterestAdmirableSelf ExpressionEconomic Systems Author:Felix Frankfurter
“If you have only been around people who use power in cruel and petty ways, then when you hear the very word, you may have a negative reaction.” PeopleIfsWayMayUsePowerNegativeReactionsPettyNegative Reactions Author:Frederick Lenz
“My personal life may be crowded with small petty incidents, altogether unnoticeable and mean; but if I obey Jesus Christ in the haphazard circumstances, they become pinholes through which I see the face of God, and when I stand face to face with God I will discover that through my obedience thousands were blessed. When once God's Redemption comes to the point of obedience in a human soul, it always creates. If I obey Jesus Christ, the Redemption of God will rush through me to other lives, because behind the deed of obedience is the Reality of Almighty God.” IfsHumansMayMeanSoulRealityFacesJesusChristBehindsCircumstancesJesus ChristBlessedDeedsGods WillRedemptionObedienceAlmightyPersonal LifePettyIncidentsHuman SoulCrowdedFace To FaceAlmighty GodHaphazard Book:Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year Source: Run Today's Race: A Word from Oswald Chambers for Every Day of the Year
“Alas! fond child, How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps? Thou may'st as well Go seek for ease in hell, Or sprightly nectar from the mouths of asps. The world's a hive, From whence thou canst derive No good, but what thy soul's vexation brings: But case thou meet Some petty-petty sweet, Each drop is guarded with a thousand stings.” WorldWellsMayChildrenSoulCasesHellSweetThousandMouthsEaseHoneyAlasPettyNestsGuardedHivesNectarVexationWasps Book:Emblems divine and moral Source: Emblems divine and moral