"Whatâ€™s insidious about the fear of what others will say is that you rarely hear them say it. You imagine what theyâ€™d say. You imagine they care that much about you. The fragility of our own egos gets the better of us"

-- Jeff Jarvis

#Ego Quotes #Fragility Quotes #Care Quotes

“Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality.”
“... the way to thrive is to help others thrive; the way to flourish is to help others flourish; the way to fulfill yourself is to spend yourself.”

Source : Cornelius Plantinga (2002). “Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living”, p.22, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“Of 472 civilian occupations defined by the Department of Commerce, only six are majority immigrant (legal and illegal). These six occupations account for 1 percent of the total U.S. workforce. Many jobs often thought to be overwhelmingly done by immigrants are in fact majority native-born: 51 percent of maids are U.S.-born, as are 63 percent of butchers and meat processors, and 73 percent of janitors.”
“It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.”
“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”
“One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.”
“I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still get to me. Some things are so malicious, they knock the wind out of you. It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction... Would you ever put [America's plus-size sweetheart] in the headline for a male star?”
“What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.”

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