"I don't think I'd ever get any better as a poet if I didn't push myself, very deliberately, to grow. My best poems surprise me, as they should, but I fight them at every turn, possibly just because I'm stubborn."

-- James Arthur

#Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Stubborn Quotes

“There's only one effectively redemptive sacrifice, the sacrifice of self-will to make room for the knowledge of God.”
“UNICEF is doing amazing things here. They're helping these groups of kids to be mine aware, and using drama and workshops to teach children in all of the schools in the area to be aware of mines and what to do if they find one, and if somebody's hurt, not to rush in - all of the essential things that kids need to know.”
“I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong.”
“Our job is to ask questions of children so that children internalize these questions and ask them of themselves and their own emerging drafts.”

Source : Lucy McCormick Calkins, Lucy Calkins (1991). “Living Between the Lines”, Heinemann Educational Books
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.”
“I know at first hand how the impact of being bullied as a teenager can quite literally last a lifetime and I thought that if we could involve well known ISPCC ambassadors perhaps people will think twice about bullying or indeed allowing bullying to happen.”

Source : "Jedward look battered and bruised in anti-bullying campaign". www.mirror.co.uk. August 8, 2011.
“I'm a bit frightened of the idea of a full facelift because, when you look in the mirror, you want to look like yourself.”
“We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry to 23% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry over the last five years. Profits are up over 70%, where the industry profit is up about 35%. Pretty good.”

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