"ForÂ centuries, we were taught that anger is bad. Our parents, teachers, priests, everyone taught us how to control and suppress our anger. But I ask: why can't we convert our anger for the larger good of society?"

-- Kailash Satyarthi

#Teacher Quotes #Parent Quotes #Taught Quotes

“Work isn't meaningful just because you spend your life doing it.”

Source : Anthony Marra (2013). “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena”, p.54, Random House
“As good as we were, we didnâ€™t win a National Championship until 1993, mainly because we kept losing to Miami on missed kicks.Â I used to get mad because nobody else would play Miami.Â Notre Dame would play them, then drop them.Â Florida dropped them.Â Penn State dropped them.Â We would play Miami and lose by one point on a missed field goal, and it would knock us out of the National Championship.Â I didnâ€™t want to play them, either, but I had to play them.Â Thatâ€™s why I said, When I die, Theyâ€™ll say, â€˜At least he played Miami.”
“I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be looked on as his heir and be categorised as an adventure novelist because that's exactly what I am.”
“I don't like to be a preacher or anything, but the one thing that I've learned is that you truly are what you eat.”
“We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful. Weâ€™ve been invited into a story that begins with humility and ends with glory; never the other way around.”

Source : Jen Hatmaker (2012). “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess”, p.68, B&H Publishing Group
“Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.”
“Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations.”
“If you would live innocently, seek solitude.”

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