"I always introduce myself as an encyclopedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole life to build myself as I am."

-- Oriana Fallaci

#Introducing Quotes #Deny Quotes #Should Quotes

“Success builds character, failure reveals it.”
“Transform your employees into passionate disciples. Teach. Create apostles. Give people a calling, not a job.”
“What better reward than to see others excited by your work?”
“Greatness is a zigzag streak of lightning in the brain.”
“When I was young I had no means or time, and now I have the means and time, I have no youth.”

Source : Bess Streeter Aldrich (1994). “A Lantern in Her Hand”, p.241, U of Nebraska Press
“As a general rule of biology, migratory species are less 'aggressive' than sedentary ones. There is one obvious reason why this should be so. The migration itself, like the pilgrimage, is the hard journey: a 'leveller' on which the 'fit' survive and stragglers fall by the wayside. The journey thus pre-empts the need for hierarchies and shows of dominance. The 'dictators' of the animal kingdom are those who live in an ambience of plenty. The anarchists, as always, are the 'gentlemen of the road'.”
“And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It's all about light and shade. Balance.”
“The Family is the Country of the heart. There is an angel in the Family who, by the mysterious influence of grace, of sweetness, and of love, renders the fulfillment of duties less wearisome, sorrows less bitter. The only pure joys unmixed with sadness which it is given to man to taste upon earth are, thanks to this angel, the joys of the Family.”

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