"There's no one on the island telling them they're not good enough, so they just go ahead and sing and paint and write."

-- Eric Weiner

#Writing Quotes #Islands Quotes #Not Good Enough Quotes

“What do you think of Manchester Uniteds three Rs - Rooney, Ronaldo and van Nistelrooy?”
“Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.”
“Backs dialogue for solving disputes and not military power and threats.”
“What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.”
“Everything you do and every word you say can become a ministering seed. You can be a blessing to everyone with whom you come in contact.”
“... the structure of our public morality crashed to earth. Above its grave a tombstone read, "Be tolerant--even of evil." Logically the next step would be to say to our commonwealth's criminals, "I disagree that it's all right to rob and murder, but naturally I respect your opinion." Tolerance is only complacence when it makes no distinction between right and wrong.”

Source : Sarah-Patton Boyle, Jennifer Lynn Ritterhouse (1962). “The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition”, p.193, University of Virginia Press
“The love of economy is the root of all virtue.”
“I can't help feeling that there is no beauty without hope, struggle, and conquest.”

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