There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.
– Ulysses S Grant
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- i have never advocated war except as a mean of peace – Ulysses S Grant
- The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front. – Ulysses S Grant
- To make or not to make a choice is still considered you made a choice as it was choice to choose or not to choose to make a choice. – Auliq Ice
- What is important may or may not be important but what is thought to be important is indeed important. – Hemanta Bhatt
- Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice – if not whether, then how, they may endure. – Lois McMaster Bujold
- This moment is our greatest treasure. We cannot replay the past events. We have no control over future events. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- Life’s journey is one big path with series of events. All these events are connected. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters. – Dan Simmons
- It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters. – Dan Simmons
- History -“ An account mostly false, of events unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce
- But just as natural disaster brought out the best in some people, it brought out the worst in others. – Heather Graham
- As Adam brought death, so Christ brought life; as Adam is the father of mortality, so Christ is the father of immortality. – Bruce R McConkie
- Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately it also brought mortis. – Kenneth E Boulding
- It’s my choice to be beautiful. It’s my choice to be ugly. And it’s my choice to decided what those words actually mean. – Virginia Petrucci
- The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. – Plato
- The general instrument by which God interferes in the affairs of men is by the weapon of LIGHT – Sunday Adelaja
- Yes, the setting (Dartmoor) is a worthy one. If the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men.Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle
- There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune…- -• William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar – Lisa M Collins
- It’s true that when you read YA you rarely have to read about middle-aged men having affairs. Personally I consider that a plus. – Erin Bow
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- Ulysses was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it. – Orson Scott Card
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- When Ulysses saw his brother, a wonderful thing happened to his face. All the terror left his eyes, because now he was hom – William Saroyan
- Life often presents you with difficult choices. But who made up the rules? Why choose at all? – Ulysses Brave
- Treat each other with respect, even if other people can only look at the colour of your eyes. – Ulysses Brave
- Stay alert at all times, alert to any opportunity for rest. – Ulysses Brave
- One should part from life as Ulysses parted from Nausicaa– blessing it rather than in love with it. – Friedrich Nietzsche
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- The most important events in human history were the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. – Billy Graham
- We can trust the Bible because it points us to the most important events in human history: the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. – Billy Graham
- It is important to view current events through Christ-like eyes. – Todd Stocker
- Choice, what people really want, is the most important thing. Choosing the life you want, making your own choices-that is what defines you as human. – Megan Frampton