Jenny Shipley Quotes
Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.
Quotes to Explore
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
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To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.
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Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
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It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.
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Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.
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The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
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If the City Council wants to hold the police accountable, it has the subpoena power and oversight responsibility to do so. They don't have the courage to do it.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
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Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
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Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.
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The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!
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Make money. Make more money. Make others produce so as to make money... However you get them in or why, just do it.
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I expect to push my teammates as much as I can, and I expect them to do the same with me.
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Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.
