"I had a tough childhood, yes. I was born in rural Bangladesh to parents who had had no education beyond high school. We moved to the UK where I grew up in poverty, in some of the worst conditions in a developed economy, before moving to the projects - heaven - and I went to unremarkable schools before going to university. My father was a bus conductor first and then a waiter, and my mother a seamstress."

-- Zia Haider Rahman

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Moving Quotes

“The difference between success and failure is often about 5% more effort.”
“Human beings are much bigger than just making money.”
“You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it.”
“London is like a dream come true. As I ramble through it I am haunted by the curious feeling of something half-forgotten, but still dimly remembered, like a reminiscence of some previous state of existence. It is at once familiar and strange.”

Source : Joseph Fort Newton (1922). “Preaching in London: A Diary of Anglo-American Friendship”
“All men equal in rights and duties, all men equally responsible for the destiny of mankind - what a dream!”
“Through positive thinking and related approaches, we seek the safety and solid ground of certainty, of knowing how the future will turn out, of a time in the future when we'll be ceaselessly happy and never have to fear negative emotions again. But in chasing all that, we close down the very faculties that permit the happiness we crave.”
“Plato, quite decadently, wore an earring while young.”
“The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values.”

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