"I would be so exhausted by my determination that I had no strength left to do the actual work."

-- Etty Hillesum

#Determination Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Exhausted Quotes

“I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.”
“O my soul, what are you doing? Are you not aware that God sees you always? You can never hide yourself from His sight. O Father, have pity on us because we are blind and in darkness. Drive out the darkness and give me light. Melt the ice of my self-love and kindle in me the fire of Your charity.”
“I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations.”
“I cannot live anywhere else except India.”
“Toyota was the first to put a commercial fuel cell powered car on the road, and I have no doubt that Toyota will continue to be in the front lines in the development of competitive fuel cell vehicles.”
“When you see beauty all around you, beauty will seek and find you, even in the most unexpected places.”

Source : FaceBook post by Alberto Villoldo from Jan 19, 2015
“One ideological claim is that private property is theft, that the natural product of the existence of property is evil, and that private ownership therefore should not exist... What those who feel this way don't realize is that property is a notion that has to do with control - that property is a system for the disposal of power. The absence of property almost always means the concentration of power in the state.”
“Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change”

Source : Interview with Jennifer Senior, nymag.com. October 6, 2013.

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