"A reality shaped around your own desires -- there is something sociopathic in that ambition."

-- Zadie Smith

#Ambition Quotes #Reality Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings.”
“Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.”

Source : Song: Under The Water, 2009
“Our system is not fit for purpose. It's inadequate in terms of its scope, it's inadequate in terms of its information technology, leadership, management systems and processes.”
“plot is character in action.”
“I promise you, if you will heed the voice of warning of the Holy Ghost and will follow His direction, you will be blessed with the ministering of angels, which will add wisdom, knowledge, power, and glory to your life. Remember, the Lord is bound by solemn covenant to bless our lives according to our faithfulness.”
“The thing is, about a character, it's not about being right, it's about the truth. The truth comes from within, so you have to search as an artist for the truth.”
“Itâ€™s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.”
“There is something in the eloquence of the pulpit, when it is really eloquence, which is entitled to the highest praise and honour. The preacher who can touch and affect such an heterogeneous mass of hearers, on subjects limited, and long worn thread-bare in all common hands; who can say any thing new or striking, any thing that rouses the attention, without offending the taste, or wearing out the feelings of his hearers, is a man whom one could not (in his public capacity) honour enough.”

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