"Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls."

-- Ann Richards

#Teacher Quotes #Heart Quotes #Leader Quotes

“As Democratic losses mounted in Senate races across the country on election night, some liberal commentators clung to the idea that dissatisfied voters were sending a generally anti-incumbent message, and not specifically repudiating Democratic officeholders. But the facts of the election just don't support that story.”
“It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.”

Source : Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (1984). “Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru, second series”, Oxford Univ Pr
“Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.. Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary."”
“Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.”
“Each new generation builds on the work of the previous one, gaining new perspective. New verbs are introduced. We Google strange and dangerous places. We tweet mindlessly to the cosmos. We Facebook our own grandmothers. I, for one, don't want to be left behind.”
“I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.”

Source : "Soft-centred". Interview with David Eimer, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2001.
“Love is a virtue and not a feeling. It is fed and fired by God- not by the favorable response of the beloved. Even when it doesn't seem to make a dime's worth of difference to the ones on whom it is lavished, it is still the most prized of all virtues because it is at the heart of the very character of God.”
“Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.”

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