"But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way."

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Source : On the depression of the1930s which inspired her to set up the Social Security system. Recalled on her death,14 May1965.

Frances Perkins

#Depression Quotes #Progress Quotes #Stopping Quotes

“I was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning.”
“I see the notion of talent as quite irrelevant. I see instead perseverance, application, industry, assiduity, will, will, will, desire, desire, desire.”
“I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble”
“Love is the last and secret name of all the virtues.”

Source : Iris Murdoch (2001). “A Fairly Honourable Defeat”, p.74, Penguin
“Don't be afraid of fear. Because it sharpens you, it challenges you, it makes you stronger; and when you run away from fear, you also run away from the opportunity to be your best possible self.”
“It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven.”

Source : Lactantius (2012). “The Sacred Writings of Lactantius (Annotated Edition)”, p.46, Jazzybee Verlag
“Drought brings out the worst in us and it's easy to hate your fellow human beings.”

Source : Luke Davies (2006). “Candy”, p.17, Allen & Unwin
“There is no right and wrong, and precepts are for fools. Every thing is just as it is! And we must experience things without condemning them, because if we condemn them, then we are becoming too involved.”

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