"All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education."

-- Walter Scott

#Leadership Quotes #Educational Quotes #School Quotes

“Consumers of meat, eggs and dairy products might well ask what they are supporting. Do farmers care about anyone but themselves? Can't anyone see the cow for the cheese?”
“My daughter is in the lawsuit because you need that for standing.”

Source : "Litigant explains why he brought Pledge suit". "Talkback Live" with Arthel Neville, www.cnn.com. June 26, 2002.
“I stand four-square for reason, and object to what seems to me to be irrationality, whatever the source. If you are on my side in this, I must warn you that the army of the night has the advantage of overwhelming numbers, and, by its very nature, is immune to reason, so that it is entirely unlikely that you and I can win out. We will always remain a tiny and probably hopeless minority, but let us never tire of presenting our view, and of fighting the good fight for the right.”
“Why is it so hard to articulate love yet so easy to express disappointment?”

Source : "The Descendants". Book by Kaui Hart Hemmings, p. 236, 2008.
“My heart lifted, and a matching grin curved my lips. He wanted to see me again. Maybe he really did like me after all. I felt like doing a happy dance, but of course, I was way too cool for that. I'd at least wait until I got back to my hotel room, alone, where no one would see.”
“Our lives are just spectacles. We are like dolls, in a sense, to be observed and played with - often with cruel and deceitful intentions - in an unreal world.”

Source : Kathryn Lasky (2013). “The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769”, p.182, Scholastic Inc.
“My parents pressed upon me that "In this world, you are a black woman," so I was political about my hair and would not straighten it.”

Source : "Your Race, Your Looks". Glamour's Women, Race and Beauty panel, www.glamour.com. February 3, 2008.
“When you work hard, good things happen”

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