"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

-- Warren Buffett

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Motivational Quotes

“I think Washington, in general, is dysfunctional. I think it's high time we put people in Congress who were not beholden to their party, and not beholden to anything but the people who they live around and grew up around, in my case.”
“Courage is the most important attribute of a lawyer.”
“Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.”
“Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.”
“Let us be different in our homes. Let us realize that along with food, shelter, and clothing, we have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their "rightness." The whole world will tell them what's wrong with them--out loud and often. Our job is to let our children know what's right about them.”

Source : Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish (2012). “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk”, p.191, Simon and Schuster
“There is no right way to knit; there is no wrong way to knit. So if anybody kindly tells you that what you are doing is "wrong," don't take umbrage; they mean well. Smile submissively, and listen, keeping your disagreement on an entirely mental level. They may be right, in this particular case, and even if not, they may drop off pieces of information which will come in very handy if you file them away carefully in your brain for future reference.”

Source : Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (2012). “At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much”, p.45, Storey Publishing
“What can go wrong will go wrong.”
“Man has been lent, not given, to life.”

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