English Writing

Popular Quotations V

Politeness

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing. – S Smile

Poverty

Poverty – the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases. – E O’Neill

Prayer

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words, than words without heart. – John Bunyan

Punctuality

I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it had made a man of me. – Lord Nelson

Purity

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building a sound education. – Mahatma Gandhi

Religion

We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. – Jonathan Swift

Right

Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. – Abraham Lincoln

Sacrifice

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown – William Penn

Slave

They are slaves who fear to speak for the fallen and the weak. – JR Lowell

Soldier

But glory is the soldier’s prize,
The soldier’s wealth is honour. – Robert Burns

Stars

Surely the stars are images of love. – Philip James Bailey

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