"To laugh often and love much... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self... this is to have succeeded."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Romantic Quotes #Self Quotes #Giving Quotes

“People think you have to go through a lot of changes to become a soul singer, You just have to go through life.”
“If you do not learn English in this country, you cannot get anywhere. We are in America. We are not in Mexico, we are not in China, we are not in Saudi Arabia - we speak English in this country! And what bilingual education does, is keep them from learning English, so they are doomed to be second-class citizens.”
“Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.”
“Reciter and listener of the Qur'an are alike in prize and reward.”
“And no matter what, there's not one thing in this world *or* the next that we can do or hope or guess at or wish or pray that can change it or help it one iota. Because whatever is, is. That's all. And all there is now is to be ready for it, strong enough for it, whatever it may be. That's all. That's all that matters. It's all that matters because it's all that's possible.”

Source : James Agee (2008). “A Death in the Family”, p.99, Penguin
“What happens from about 1954 to the late 1980s, is that we see a huge wave of optimism that school desegregation is going to be the way to improve educational outcomes for poor children of color. And we see a consensus build on the left and in the center that this is going to be a transformative education movement like none other we've seen in American history.”
“First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.”
“Only the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man's losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal and becoming the victim of his own achievements.”

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