“When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil. As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.” HeartLife IsSpiritOrderFightingEvilDifficultProgressPlansBattleProtectTasksDirectDifficultyGood ThingsRewardsStriveRighteousCheerfulBracesDifficult Tasks Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“In passing around the holy aged house (Kaa'bah), and crossing the Safa and Marwa lanes, in prayer inside the Ka'bah, in bowing and prostration, Kuwait was a prayer throbbed in my heart and uttered by my tongue.. Praying for God to protect us from the evils of ourselves and our bad deeds, Praying for God to keep blessing the people of Kuwait with the grace of unity, not to be torn by a difference, and the grace of love not to be destroyed by disputes, and the grace of progress not to be hampered by prejudices.” PeopleHeartEvilHouseDifferencesPrayerGraceProgressPrayingMy HeartHolyBlessingProtectPrejudiceUnityDeedsTonguePassingPassingsDestroyedTornDisputesCrossingsLanesKuwaitProstration Author:Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
“Arms alone can give the world no permanent peace, no confident security. Arms are solely for defense - to protect from violent assault what we already have. They are only a costly insurance. They cannot add to human progress.” WorldGivingHumansWarProgressSecurityArmsProtectAddDefenseViolentPermanentAssaultHuman Progress Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956
“In Cuba, His Holiness [Pope Francis] won't find a government that protects its people and their God-given rights. Instead, he will find a regime that oppresses people and hinders progress, both socially and politically.” PeopleGovernmentGivenRightsProgressProtectHolinessRegimesPopeCubaHinder Author:Marco Rubio
“True friends don't hold us back spiritually or pull us down when we're trying to rise and progress. True friends protect us. True friends help us be better than we would be on our own.” TryingHelpingWould BeProgressProtectTrue Friend Author:Robert D. Hales
“That said, I'm embarrassed and furious that so many coal-state Democrats in the U.S. Senate are paralyzing international progress to protect the short term interests of a dying industry that ravages the environment from mine to slag heap.” SaidStatesTermInterestEnvironmentProgressDyingMinesIndustryProtectDemocratInternationalSenateEmbarrassedCoalShort TermFuriousSlag Author:Denis Hayes