"Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We scorn nobility in name and in fact. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington."

-- Dorothy Day

#Names Quotes #Mediocrity Quotes #Proud Quotes

“Willingness to take risks is the path to success.”

Source : Biz Stone (2014). “Things A Little Bird Told Me”, p.55, Pan Macmillan
“The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.”
“Gratitude is a powerful process for shifting your energy and bringing more of what you want into your life. Be grateful for what you already have, and you will attract more good things.”
“I intend to be me. Whatever that is.”
“Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.”
“Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky”
“Almost every day I wrap up my two-hour live broadcast and I say to myself as I'm driving home, 'I wish I would've done this' or 'We really should have gone live longer with this segment.”
“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star stuff”

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