"High expectations weren't nurtured in my neck of nowhere back then - children weren't fawned over from an early age as 'gifted' and groomed for a prizewinning future; self-esteem was considered something you had to pick from the garden yourself."

-- James Wolcott

#Birthday Quotes #Children Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes

“We get several requests for contributions each year from organizations in Twin Falls. We don't have enough money in the general fund to help everyone, so we use fundraisers like this to generate money.”
“Life is a sandwich of activity between two periods of bed-wetting,”

Source : Padgett Powell (2010). “The Interrogative Mood”, p.23, Profile Books
“The one thing Cristiano Ronaldo has is pace, quick feet and a great eye for goal.”
“For a long time many believed that there would be an automatic adjustment and counted on a rapid increase in the wages of the emerging nations, on our advances in technology and the costs of transport preventing disruption. But this reassuring analysis is out of date.”
“I know I want to help people and inspire people. That's my purpose in life.”

Source : "Former 'Survivor' champ battling cancer". www.today.com. May 18, 2009.
“Let your failures refine you, not define you.”
“Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep.”
“The truth, as the light, makes blind.”

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