"Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful!"

-- Elif Safak

#Gratitude Quotes #Doors Quotes #Being Thankful Quotes

“If waterboarding's OK, why don't we let our police do it to suspects so we can learn what they know? We only seem to waterboard Muslims... Have we waterboarded anyone else?”
“Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on the female body.”
“The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.”

Source : Ezra STILES (1785). “The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; a Sermon [on Deut. Xxvi. 19] ... Second Edition, Corrected”, p.26
“I like doing stuff with my friends.”
“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”

Source : Francesco Guicciardini (1755). “The history of Italy: from the year 1490 to 1532”, p.40
“Premature wealth or position cannot be retained because it has not been earned; we get only what we give, and those who try to get without giving always find that the law of compensation is relentlessly bringing about an exact equilibrium.”

Source : Charles F. Haanel, Donald Gordon Carty (2013). “The Master Key System: 2nd Edition: Open the Secret to Health, Wealth and Love, 24 Lesson Workbook”, p.168, Lulu Press, Inc
“Everyone has options. They are a fixed set of predetermined scenarios, points of view, perceived limitations that already reside in your data bank. If you depend on your options to formulate your future, that future will be no more than a rearrangement of your past. Then he says, â€œPossibilities are completely different. When you ask â€˜what is possible?â€™ you must stretch your imagination out of the confines of the familiar. To live a life beyond the mediocre, ask not â€˜what are my options?â€™ but â€˜What is possible?â€™”
“Fairness is actually not having presumptive negativity written about you and always assuming the worst about you.”

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