"Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds."

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Amos Bronson Alcott

#Self Quotes #Mind Quotes #Modesty Quotes

“My mom passed away at 41 from diabetes. And I'm 42, thank you. I didn't want to do that to my son. So any time I was at the gym, that thing that helped me do that last squat was my son calling some other woman mommy. And that would just give me that extra oomph to do that last squat. I want to be around for him.”
“We need changes from the duties and the cares of our accustomed everyday life. They are necessary for healthy, normal living. We need occasionally to be away from our friends, our relatives, from the members of our immediate households. Such changes are good for us; they are good for them. We appreciate them better, they us, when we are away from them for a period, or they us.”
“The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.”

Source : Marianne Moore, Robin G. Schulze (2002). “Becoming Marianne Moore: The Early Poems, 1907-1924”, p.111, Univ of California Press
“Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.”
“Go to meet destiny halfway and destiny will come to your assistance.”
“That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit.”
“I have been particularly struck with the overwhelming evidence which is given as to the fitness of the natives of India for high offices and employments.”
“When you make people angry, they act in accordance with their baser instincts, often violently and irrationally. When you inspire people, they act in accordance with their higher instincts, sensibly and rationally. Also, anger is transient, whereas inspiration sometimes has a life-long effect.”

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