"People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned - it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned - and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing."

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Source : "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010". Book by Charles A. Murray, 2012.

Charles A. Murray

#Self Quotes #People Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”
“Golf Media is basically my brain in one place. It does just about everything except cure asthma. If you find an app that cures asthma, definitely let me know.”

Source : "Tyler, the Creator Launches Golf Media App" by Evan Minsker, pitchfork.com. April 08, 2015.
“If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.”
“Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.”
“Conflicts bring experience and experience brings that growth in Grace which is not to be attained by any other means!”
“What occurs to people when they read Kurt [Vonnegut] is that things are much more up for grabs than they thought they were. The world is a slightly different place just because they read a damn book. Imagine that.”
“When we steadfastly believe and act our faith in God's Word, nothing can keep the power in the Word from making all things to become exactly as the Word says.”

Source : F. F. Bosworth (2001). “Christ the Healer”, p.129, Chosen Books
“We're covering all our bases so we can do whatever we want next time. That's how we're looking at it, rather than this just being an endless number of album/tour cycles.”

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