"My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand."

-- Nhat Hanh

#Action Quotes #Consequence Quotes #Belonging Quotes

“Why do terrorist attacks that kill a handful of Europeans command infinitely more American attention than do terrorist attacks that kill far larger numbers of Arabs? A terrorist attack that kills citizens of France or Belgium elicits from the United States heartfelt expressions of sympathy and solidarity. A terrorist attack that kills Egyptians or Iraqis elicits shrugs. Why the difference? To what extent does race provide the answer to that question?”

Source : "Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, What Obsessing About You-Know-Who Causes Us To Miss". www.tomdispatch.com. May 7, 2017.
“Sam Walton instilled ownership of the products in the stores into the collective consciousness of every associate regardless of what job they did for the company.”

Source : Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.87, John Wiley & Sons
“If something happened to me, whose face will be on the front page of the paper begging for me? Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?”
“The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.”
“Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.”
“As soon as I ended up being incarcerated, I said, you know, this is not the life for me.”
“That's the power behind a tool like Facebook Connect. It is making a Web without walls. Facebook allows you to go to other sites to comment, rate, etc., without having to set up a new profile for that site.”
“People will go into a relationship, if it's a brand new relationship, it's so exciting because it's something brand new, it's variety, it's different. And you're so excited by the feelings. And what most people try to do because they don't want to lose that, they try to control it to make it certain. And if they make it so certain then you become bored in the relationship. It's a delicate balance.”

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