"What time has been wasted during man's destiny in the struggle to decide what man's next world will be like! The keener the effort to find out, the less he knew about the present one he lived in."

-- Sean O'Casey

#Struggle Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Men Quotes

“Thought is not merely expressed in words, it comes into existence through them”
“Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.”
“Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties.”
“Being the “best you can be” is really only possible when you are deeply connected to another. Splendid isolation is for planets, not people.”
“One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing theyâ€™re doing as something thatâ€™s going to be the whole world.”
“With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I'm sorry to say this, but there are times when even superhuman effort will not save a child from his environment or himself. It's not the job of the teacher to save a child's soul; it is the teachers' job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul.”

Source : Rafe Esquith (2008). “There Are No Shortcuts”, p.91, Anchor
“So what if you fail? At least you'll know what not to do when you try again.”
“I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.”

Source : "Exclusive: My lover by Jennifer Ellison". www.mirror.co.uk. July 5, 2005.

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