"Every word has consequences. Every silence, too."

-- Jean-Paul Sartre

#Silence Quotes #Consequence Quotes

“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints.”

Source : "The Lessons of History". Book by Will Durant and Ariel Durant, 1968.
“We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.”
“Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.”
“I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.”
“I started the Pies Descalzos foundation in Colombia when I was 18, and since then I have been very involved in the crusade for education.”
“When we see the need for deep change, we usually see it as something that needs to take place in someone else. In our roles of authority, such as parent, teacher, or boss, we are particularly quick to direct others to change. Such directives often fail, and we respond to the resistance by increasing our efforts. The power struggle that follows seldom results in change or brings about excellence. One of the most important insights about the need to bring about deep change in others has to do with where deep change actually starts.”

Source : Robert E. Quinn (1996). “Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within”, Jossey-Bass
“Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.”
“Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.”

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