Owen Arthur Quotes

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Some missionaries bound for Africa were laughed at by the boat captain. 'You'll only die over there,' he said. But a missionary replied, 'Captain, we died before we started.'

One thing that's great about firefighters: If they don't have the equipment they desperately need, they don't have the help, they don't care. They'll do it on their own.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.

A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.

I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

I think you have regrets when you didn't give it everything you had, and I always felt like I did. Whether it was good enough or not, that has nothing to do with the fact that I tried my best to give my team a chance to win, year in and year out.

The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America.

We believe in our destiny. We do not shrink from any sacrifice.

Until the day I die, I am going to make my body a bridge so that somebody can run across it.

My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.

It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.

At least I died trying. And I won.I never gave them away. I never hurt them. I did my best to find them. I tried to keep my promise... I die for them.

I want to be a fighter. So fight for something! Not for money.

There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.

It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

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.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.