"The belief that life was hard and often its worst battles were fought in private, that it was possible to walk through fear and come out scorched but still breathing."

-- Gail Caldwell

#Fear Quotes #Breathing Quotes #Battle Quotes

“The opposite of joy is not sorrow. It is unbelief.”
“Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.”
“There are millions of people out there ignoring disabilities and accomplishing incredible feats. I learned you can learn to do things differently, but do them just as well. I've learned that it's not the disability that defines you, it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. And I've learned that we have an obligation to the abilities we DO have, not the disability.”
“The irony of good customer service is that over time it will bring in more new customers than promotions and price slashing ever did!”
“My object, having a surplus to deal with, is to consider how I can deal with it to the greatest advantage to the consumer- how, without inflicting any injury on Canada, I can secure the most substantial benefit to this country, to the manufacturing, to the commercial, and to the agricultural interests...The real way in which we can benefit the working and manufacturing classes is, unquestionably, by removing the burden that presses on the springs of manufactures and commerce.”

Source : Speech in the House of Commons, March 11, 1842.
“One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.”

Source : John Galsworthy (2015). “The Forsyte Saga Complete Edition: The Forsyte Saga + A Modern Comedy + End of the Chapter + On Forsyte ‘Change (A Prequel to Forsyte Saga): Complete Nine Novels”, p.2007, e-artnow
“I started taking a basic biology course, and I really loved it. I started asking research questions incessantly. I was drawn very quickly to biology.”

Source : "A Nobel Prize Winner on Why We Need Foundational Research" by Lisa Rosenbaum, www.newyorker.com. October 10, 2013.
“A school is not a factory. Its raison d'être is to provide opportunity for experience.”

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