"Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate."

-- Robert Greene

#Powerful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Victory Quotes

“Everything really needs to be paraben-free for me. I mean, because if Iâ€™m going to smoke cigarettes, then I need to be aware of all the other bullshit Iâ€™m putting into my body.”
“Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were giving him or her an opportunity to participate in a high-grade investment. The duty of giving is as much his or hers as is the duty of asking yours.”
“Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people.”
“She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.”

Source : Rajiv Gandhi (1987). “Selected speeches and writings”
“You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy.”
“You're always going to have extremists in every religion.”
“I think I fully commit myself to any role to the extent to which I can. In other words there's some roles that maybe it's just not there, in other words on the page. You know, I mean your job is you need to play the governor and that's what you do. I mean I'm not going to stay up all night if I'm playing a functional role. And I've played a couple of functional roles. And so I'm not going to do anything other, look he's a functional guy. He says hey mister, you forgot your hat.”
“All nations are more tolerant of their own mistakes and weaknesses than of the mistakes and weaknesses of others.”

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