"Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable"

-- Gary L. Francione

#Giving Quotes #Losing Quotes #Vegetarian Quotes

“The best thing in life is to go ahead with all your plans and your dreams, to embrace life and to live everyday with passion, to lose and still keep the faith and to win while being grateful. All of this because the world belongs to those who dare to go after what they want. And because life is really too short to be insignificant.”
“He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.”

Source : 'Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity' (1593) bk. 1, ch. 1, sect. 1
“I try to photograph things that are near to me because I work best among things I know. I'm not concerned with startling anyone or discovering new forms; formal qualities are only tools to help state my message.”

Source : Roy DeCarava, Peter Galassi, Sherry Turner DeCarava, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (1996). “Roy DeCarava, a retrospective”, ABRAMS
“I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out loud to anyone, let alone myself. I am surprised by how dogged I have been in wanting to make a living as a respected actress.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Do I have more depth than I'm given credit for? No!”

Source : "The name's Norton. Graham Norton" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.
“The most important part of ourselves is the mind, and it has been rather inaccessible.”

Source : "CNN tests Muse, the mind-reading headband". Interview with Stephanie Busari, www.cnn.com. December 11, 2012.
“I'm in the process of convincing my parents to sell me their house so I can just live in my childhood bedroom forever. I figure it might make me age slower.”
“...it's easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.”

Source : Harvard Business Review, Michael D. Watkins, Clayton Christensen, Kenneth L. Kraemer (2015). “Harvard Business Review Leadership Library: The Executive Collection (12 Books)”, Harvard Business Review Press

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