"I want your sun to reach my raindrops, so your heat can raise my soul upward like a cloud."

-- Rumi

#Spiritual Quotes #Clouds Quotes #Soul Quotes

“That was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me.”

Source : Andre Dubus (2010). “Broken Vessels: Essays”, p.51, Open Road Media
“Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.”

Source : Bruce Jenner, Mark Seal (1999). “Finding the Champion Within: A Step-by-Step Plan for Reaching Your Full Potential”, p.52, Simon and Schuster
“A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.”
“Failure does not exist. Failure is simply someone else's opinion of how a certain act should have been completed. Once you believe that no act must be performed in any specific other-directed way, then failing becomes impossible.”
“She poked him in the center of his chest with two fingers to punctuate her words. â€œYou are an unfeelingâ€â€”poke â€”â€œtraitorousâ€â€”pokeâ€”â€œmistrustingâ€â€”pokeâ€”â€œrudeâ€â€”poke â€”â€œbooby!â€ Every poke turned him mortal, but Lord Maccon didnâ€™t seem to mind it in the least. Instead he grabbed the hand that poked him and brought it to his lips. â€œYou put it very well, my love.”
“You can manage what you do not understand; but you cannot lead it.”

Source : "You Cannot Lead What You Do Not Understand - You Do Not Understand What You Haven't Done". Journal of Innovative Management, Fall 1996.
“For months I've been working on creating techniques to reproduce Swarovski crystals in sugar using the real stones to guide me.”
“The implication that women work for pin money and can manage on a worse pension, presumably by relying on husbands, riles. But even more galling for women is that few government ministers seem to even appreciate the value of the work they do.”

Source : "The derisory pensions offer hits women workers hard" by Frances O'Grady, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2011.

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