"What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast."

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Source : May Sarton (2014). “Journal of a Solitude”, p.73, Open Road Media

May Sarton

#Too Much Quotes #Haste Quotes #Expecting Quotes

“We are here to awaken to the reality of our true identity - that we are sparks of the Eternal Imperishable Spirit, who is the source of all Creation and the very essence of our being.”
“I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families.”
“War what is it good for? It's good for business.”

Source : Song: North Sea Bubble
“I have a funny story to tell about English and how I came to fall in love with the language. I was desperate to fit in and spoke English all the time. Trouble was, in my household it was a no-no to speak English because somehow it is disrespectful to call parents and grandparents "you" - impersonal pronouns are offensive in Vietnamese.”

Source : "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.
“I can't stand a sentence until it sounds right.”
“History repeats, but science reverberates.”

Source : Siddhartha Mukherjee (2011). “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”, p.466, Simon and Schuster
“Integrity is when your good intentions meet your actions - on a consistent basis.”
“You owe it to all of us all get on with what you're good at.”

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