"My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Womens Singles tennis champion in college."

-- Uzo Aduba

#Mother Quotes #Fate Quotes #College Quotes

“Apparently, a great deal of dark, unseen material exists, whose gravitational pull is responsible for the motions of the stars and galaxies that we see.”

Source : John D Barrow (2014). “The Origin Of The Universe: Science Masters Series”, p.70, Basic Books
“I'm not an elitist. I hate the fashion industry sometimes because it becomes so focused on the elite.”
“Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, and what it means to be human is to be flawed, is to be contradictory, is to be often weak, and yet despite all of these what we would consider drawbacks, that we're also quite beautiful. Spin is the opposite.”

Source : "Author Explains Tales Of New Vision, New Life". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. June 10, 2009.
“Either move or be moved.”
“The translucent life is very much about overflowing with a gift to the world, rather than being here to consume or to get something for yourself.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.”
“Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure.”
“You cannot find the centre Where we dance , where we play, Where life is still asleep Under the closed flower , Under the smooth shell Of eggs in the cupped nest That mock the faded blue Of your remoter heaven .”

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