"Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest works of art and the most important works of peace were created by people who had no need for the limelight. They knew that what they were doing was their call, and they did it with great patience, perseverance, and love."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Perseverance Quotes #Art Quotes #Real Quotes

“Polemical debates happen all the time in France.”
“A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold.”

Source : "Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny". Book by Marlo Thomas, September 28, 2010.
“It is easy to prescribe improvement for others; it is easy to organize something, to institutionalize this or that, to pass laws, multiply bureaucratic agencies, form pressure groups, start revolutions, change forms of government, tinker at political theory. The fact that these expedients have been tried unsuccessfully in every conceivable combination for 6,000 years has not noticeably impaired a credulous unintelligent willingness to keep on trying them again and again.”
“You will pass through storms and heavy rains, and at times you will suffer defeat. The essence of the creative life, however, is not to give up in the face of defeat but to follow the rainbow that exists within your heart.”

Source : Daisaku Ikeda (1975*). “The tide toward the 21st century: addresses”
“I can do anything I want. Be with anyone I want. And it'll be my choice.”
“The producers and writers of dance music are becoming the stars, not so much the DJs.”
“As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to cultivating a real relationship with Him every day. And that's what my music tries to convey to all the listeners - try to cultivate it every day.”
“The people in business must understand what they can achieve with designers. Designers have to understand that they really must deliver to business not just beautification, or another form of it, but substantial change.”

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