"To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Victory Quotes #Teach Quotes #Sweetness Quotes

“Mindfulness - moment to moment non-judgemental attention and awareness.”
“Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow.”
“I wanted to act, dance and perform more than anything, and I wanted to do it for the rest of my life.”
“When I grew up Carl Lewis was still running, Maurice Greene was running - he was that figure I see, like Michael Johnson. I really wanted to look up to the fast guys - so those two guys were some of the guys I looked up to.”
“We [the U.S.] think nothing...of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.”

Source : "Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World". Book by Ralph Peters, May 2002.
“I have to travel a lot, but relaxation to me is when I am at home.”
“He regarded life as a rather odd club of which he had accidentally become a member and from which one could be expelled without reasons having to be supplied. He had already decided to leave the club if the meetings should become all too boring. But how boring is boring?”
“With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.”

Source : "My wish: Protect our oceans". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2009.

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