"Most leaders are indispensable, but to produce a major social change, many ordinary people must also be involved."

-- Anne Scott

#People Quotes #Leader Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.”
“I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.”
“As things are now, no one can tell to whom members of Congress are responsible, except that it does not often appear to be to the people. Everyone else is represented in Washington by a rich and powerful lobby, it seems. But there is no lobby for the people.”

Source : Shirley Chisholm (1970). “Unbought and Unbossed”
“If you have a body you are a dancer”
“It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.”
“Don't listen to the politicians, always look at the artists, they're the first to tell us where we're going.”

Source : Mark Mills (2008). “The Savage Garden”, p.188, Penguin
“There is no greater feeling than when a groom turns to see his bride and has tears in his eyes because she is so beautiful.”
“Where there is no love there is no understanding.”

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