"My generation has not seen one single day of peace, and my dream is for my children and the children of all Colombians to have the change to see it. I hope the guerrilla understands that the time has come to leave this 50-year confrontation behind; that the time has come to change from bullets to votes, from weapons to argumentations; that the time has come for them to continue their struggle, but within democracy."

-- Juan Manuel Santos

#Dream Quotes #Children Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“I don't remember a time when I wasn't waiting for a scab either to grow or to fall off my knee.”
“There's always going to be someone out there... who doesn't believe in you or who thinks your head is too big or you're not smart enough. But those are the people you need to ignore, and those are the times you need to just keep doing what you love doing.”
“I'm surprised you know that," I say quietly, " since you left halfway through my one and only fight." "It wasn't something I wanted to watch." he says. What's that supposed to mean?”
“When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.”
“It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.”
“You can tell a horse owner by the interior of their car. Boots, mud, pony nuts, straw, items of tack and a screwed-up waxed jacket of incredible antiquity. There is normally a top layer of children and dogs.”
“Flexibility - In all aspects of life, the person with the most varied responses 'wins'.”

Source : Kelly Perdew (2013). “Take Command: 10 Leadership Principles I Learned in the Military and put to Wrok for Donald Trump”, p.7, Regnery Publishing
“The most important role models in people's lives, it seems, aren't superstars or household names. They're "everyday" people who quietly set examples for you-coaches, teachers, parents. People about whom you say to yourself, perhaps not even consciously, "I want to be like that."”

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