Quote by Martha Gellhorn
After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of rep

After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat. – Martha Gellhorn

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Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but Im not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible are people who havent done what they wanted with their lives. – Martha Gellhorn

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Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. – Martha Gellhorn

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Faith… must be enforced by reason…. When faith becomes blind it dies. – Mahatma Gandhi

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The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satans attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices. – Charles Stanley

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Creativity is always a leap of faith. Youre faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage. – Julia Cameron

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That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me. – Lynn Abbey

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Its cool when your husband starts to sing some old Merle Haggard song and I can pop in with a harmony and it doesnt sound too bad. – Trisha Yearwood

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Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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