"I think all Americans need to recognize that, as tragic and horrible as slavery was, as big an economic shadow as it cast, the one thing it didn't do was strip people of their humanity. And I wish that all of us were as strong as the people that walked down those steps and got on those boats."

-- Lonnie Bunch

#Strong Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Never before have humans been so ambitious, have they thought that they could be much more than their parents were.”
“Regulations force people to do better.”
“The reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror.”
“I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before ... What is possible is to not see it, to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you. And you begin to grasp what it was you missed, like Moses in the cleft of the rock, watching Godâ€™s [back] fade in the distance. So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon.”
“Will you give me another chance?â€ Robert repeated. Smiling, Dougless kissed him on the cheek. â€œNo,â€ she said, â€œalthough I thank you very much for the offer.”

Source : Jude Deveraux (2012). “A Knight in Shining Armor”, p.382, Simon and Schuster
“Great things are possible only to strong souls and it's from the trivial events of daily life that strength is won.”
“The only thing more dangerous than a willingness to ignore the Law is an ability to change it.”

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