"The more that social democracy develops, grows, and becomes stronger, the more the enlightened masses of workers will take their own destinies, the leadership of their movement, and the determination of its direction into their own hands."

-- Rosa Luxemburg

#Leadership Quotes #Determination Quotes #Destiny Quotes

“We're all on a continuous journey to try and fix our mistakes and flaws. And, believe me, I've got plenty of them.”
“Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.”

Source : Regina Brett (2010). “Life's Little Detours: 50 Lessons to Find and Hold onto Happiness”, p.14, Hachette UK
“The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.”
“There was emptiness more profound than the void between the stars, for which there was no here and there and before and after, and yet out of that void the entire plenum of existence sprang forth.”
“Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.”
“The German landscape is something unique that we cannot disturb and have no right to destroy. The more densely populated our 'living space' becomes with settlements, the greater our hunger will grow for unspoilt nature. The ever increasing spiritual damage caused by life within the big city will make this hunger practically uncontrollable... when we build here on this the landscape of our homeland we must be clear that we will protect its beauty; and in places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it.”

Source : "Fritz Todt: Baumeister des Dritten Reiches". Book by Franz W. Seidler, p. 113, 1986.
“The least known among the virtues and also the most misunderstood is the virtue of humility. Yet, it is the very groundwork of Christianity. Humility is a grace of the soul that cannot be expressed in words and is only known by experience. It is an unspeakable treasure of God, and only can be called the gift of God. Learn, He said, not from angels, not from men, not from books; but learn from My presence, light, and action within you, that I am meek and humble of heart, and you shall find rest to your souls.”
“But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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