"There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances."

-- Bonnie Blair

#Men Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Quarters Quotes

“See, when you mess something up, you learn for the next time. It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up.”
“When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.”

Source : "From Bond To Blomkvist: Daniel Craig's Next Big Role". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. December 20, 2011.
“For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they are born, the city apartment or farm in which they learnt to walk, the games they played as children, the old wives tales they overheard, the food they ate, the schools they attended, the sports they followed, the poets they read, and the God they believed in. It is all these things that have made them what they are, and these are the things that you can't come to know by hearsay...”
“It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure.”

Source : Richard Carlson (1999). “A Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Treasury: A Special Selection for Mothers”, Hyperion
“One day I'll be appreciated for what I do instead being held back for what I don't do.”
“For every grand and finely worded statement by the CEO, the brand is also defined by derisory consumer comments overheard in a hallway, or in a chat room on the Internet. Brands are sponges for content, for images, for fleeting feelings. They become psychological concepts held in the minds of the public, where they may stay forever. As such you canâ€™t entirely control a brand. At best you can only guide and influence it.”

Source : Scott Bedbury, Stephen Fenichell (2003). “A New Brand World: Eight Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership in the Twenty-First Century”, p.39, Penguin
“There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.”

Source : "Company Manners: A Cultural Inquiry into American Life". Book by Louis Kronenberger. Chapter: "The Spirit of the Age", p. 14, 1954.
“I do not consecrate myself to be a missionary or a preacher. I consecrate myself to God to do His will where I am, be it in school, office, or kitchen, or wherever He may, in His wisdom, send me.”

Source : Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.83, CLC Publications

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