Quote by Anne Bradstreet
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we di

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. – Anne Bradstreet

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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

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Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. – Virgil A. Kraft

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April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. – William Shakespeare

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Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. – Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

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If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. – Nadine Stair

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Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. – Golda Meir

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The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with. – Willem Dafoe

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War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. – Colin Powell

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