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41 " Waldo was not alone by any means in trembling over an unjust plight. With the recent uproar over drunk driving, arrests had skyrocketed and detention centers all around the country were overflowing with bewildered motorists. Many of these dumbstruck, inebriated souls had been transferred and thoughtfully placed behind the same bars that held back murderers and rapists. Unfortunately for our heroes, they now joined the ranks of these luckless citizens. "
― Donald Jeffries , The Unreals
42 " Leading by example through " Servant Leadership" used to be a badge of honor that distinguished you from the Corps of the Blue Falcon. Present day I see the ranks of the Blue Falcon surging in a flagless flotilla of blurred morals, a low tide of integrity, and selfish ethics adrift with no anchorage. The pulse of the led is directly influenced by the organizational heart rate of the leader. "
43 " A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. "
― Alexandre Dumas
44 " However much we do to avoid them we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified. "
45 " In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. "
46 " A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. "
47 " There was never a place for her in the ranks of the terrible slow army of the cautious. She ran ahead where there were no paths. "
48 " In any assembly the simplest way to stop the transacting of business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. "
49 " The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude. "
50 " To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. "
― James Allen
51 " I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university. "
52 " The mission of Patrick Henry College was to attract and cultivate academic stars from the ranks of home-schooled evangelicals, then send them off on graduation day to 'shape the culture and take back the nation,' in the words of a common home-schooling rallying cry. "
53 " Who included me among the ranks of the human race? "
