"When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it."

-- Yo-Yo Ma

#Commitment Quotes #People Quotes #Brotherhood Quotes

“In short, realism reveals. Where we thought nothing worthy of notice, it shows everything to be rife with significance.”
“Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.”
“What can you do in order to save your own banks?”

Source : "The FT/Reuters Dijsselbloem interview transcript" by Peter Spiegel, www.ft.com. March 26, 2013.
“Big words do not smite like war-clubs, Boastful breath is not a bow-string, Taunts are not so sharp as arrows, Deeds are better things than words are, Actions mightier than boastings.”
“The by-product is sometimes more valuable than the product.”
“We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.”

Source : "PPS No. 23". Memo by George Kennan, en.wikisource.org. February 28, 1948.
“God is a place of safety you can run to, but it helps if you are running to Him on a daily basis so that you are in familiar territory.”

Source : Stormie Omartian (2015). “The Power of a Praying Teen”, p.165, Harvest House Publishers
“Intention is for achievers. Hope is for the hopeless.”

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