"I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English."

-- Alfred Nobel

#Writing Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Now And Then Quotes

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
“Do we want to feel better or do we want to be effective? Are we sentimentalists or are we warriors?”

Source : Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay, Lierre Keith (2011). “Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet”, p.25, Seven Stories Press
“Organizations exist to make people's strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. And this is the work of effective leaders.”

Source : Frances Hesselbein (2002). “Hesselbein on Leadership”, p.79, John Wiley & Sons
“Oppression won't win, the light comes from within.”
“I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.”
“My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable defeats into victories.”
“I'm making plans to go away for a month to focus on my sobriety and to continue my life in recovery. Please enjoy making fun of me on the world wide web.”
“Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll.”

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