"What we do in our lives is what gives us contentment and serenity and makes us feel like we are doing some kind of contribution."

-- Stephen Schwartz

#Giving Quotes #Serenity Quotes #Contentment Quotes

“In war the first casualty is the truth.”
“The strength you've insisted on assigning to others is actually within yourself.”

Source : Lisa Alther (2010). “Other Women”, p.255, Open Road Media
“If I could live in New York the rest of my life, I absolutely would, but it's also prohibitively expensive and you have to be working. New York is a lot nicer when you have a job.”
“A natural environment is far more complex than any playing field.”
“If Democracy should fail, it would be because we had been so lacking in self-discipline that our personal problems had taken all our substance and energies, leaving us nothing of value to contribute to the commonwealth.”
“Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.”
“First of all, Vickie's wearing purple. She looks like Barney.”
“An adult woman should not be so possessive of her own birthday that she begrudges her friends the chance to get married on the same day.”

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