"If we are the sum of everything that happens to us, to limit a person's experience is to limit their growth."

-- David Viscott

#Angel Quotes #Character Quotes #Growth Quotes

“Lawyers earn their bread in the sweat of their browbeating.”

Source : James Huneker (1920). “Painted Veils”
“Knowing that we can make a difference in this world is a great motivator. How can we know this and not be involved?”
“When you listen to the music in this film [Despicable Me], it's working on the level of melody, but the other key element is lyrics. There are a number of songs in the film where the lyrics themselves are very much speaking to the essence of what Ted Geisel was setting out to do.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It was hollow, my triumph, I could feel that, but I held on to it just the same.”
“The capitalist can only make a whole people go to war . . . by capturing the popular will. The only prophylactic against that situation is to make the public aware of the way in which it is being misled.”

Source : Norman Angell, Sir Norman Angell (1939). “The great illusion--now”
“All quiet along the Potomac tonight, no sound save the rush of the river, while soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, the picket's off duty forever.”

Source : "The Picket-Guard" l. 41 (1861) See Remarque 1
“Where you are in life is exactly where you are supposed to be as a result of the things you have done up until that moment in time. To do anything else but accept your current situation would be crazy. The real thing to do is decide where you want to go, use both consistency and patience to get there and enjoy the ride. It is, after all, the path you have chosen in life.”
“Lingering is so very lonely when one lingers all alone.”

Source : Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.118, The Overlook Press

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