"Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down."

-- Constance Baker Motley

#Encouragement Quotes #Kind Quotes #Persons Quotes

“I really like that homosexuality is a little bit of an existential puzzle.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.”

Source : "Forgiveness: You Can’t Have It Both Ways" by Maria Mayo, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2012.
“Darwinism is dynamic. It is about change, not stasis; about process, not pattern; about tales, not tableaux; about becoming, not being.”

Source : Henry Gee (1999). “In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life”, p.136, Cornell University Press
“Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right.”
“When I look at the Gospel, I see how it is speaking to me at this time. I see how to be to others and it helps.”
“Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us.”
“Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep your mind wide open and try to understand what's going on from a lot of different angles.”

Source : Christopher Paul Curtis (2009). “Bucking the Sarge”, p.91, Laurel Leaf
“Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.”

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