"At Harvard, the strong and savvy and confident thrived, while the nice or shy or quaintly moral were just bit players. In Ysleta, you believed in God because you were poor and needed something to hold on to. At Harvard, you believed in your good luck or bad luck, in all-nighters, in your political savvy."

-- Sergio Troncoso

#Strong Quotes #Nice Quotes #Good Luck Quotes

“Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fibre of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.”
“It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.”
“New Testament Christians did not witness because they had to but because they could not help it.”
“I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was scared. People were expecting me to be funny. I gotta be honest, every time I walk into a club, it's that same fear.”
“There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to them. But while Iâ€™m talking about why Iâ€™m so different, white male show runners get to talk about their art. I always get asked, â€˜Where do you get your confidence?â€™ I think people are well meaning, but itâ€™s pretty insulting. Because what it means to me is, â€˜You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. Youâ€™re not skinny, youâ€™re not white, youâ€™re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like youâ€™re worth anything?â€™”

Source : "Mindy Kaling Talks Body Image, Being A Role Model And Losing Her Mother, In Parade", www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2013.
“Being willing makes you able.”

Source : Rhonda Britten (2002). “Fearless Living: Live Without Excuses and Love Without Regret”, p.28, Penguin
“No one ever dies an atheist.....”
“The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'”

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