"Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock."

-- Theodore Parker

#Religious Quotes #Strong Quotes #Character Quotes

“Mainstream Canadians, what some might call the dominant culture, like to think this racism doesn't happen. It's important to remind people that it does and that we have work to do to end it.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.”
“Genetically modified foods and chemical drugs. Two things that will change our consciousness as we become slaves to the world we made, not what the Divine gave us to live in this place and space called earth.”
“There is no association richer than the companionship of husband and wife.”
“I know that we sin but I do believe we try, we all try.”

Source : Song: We All Try, Album: Nostalgia, Ultra, 2011
“Throughout my career, I had a lot of mentors, and I just adopted them. What I found is that, especially if you're young, when you go up to people and say, 'Would you mind being my mentor?,' their eyes widen. They literally step back. What they're thinking about is the commitment and time involved if they say yes. And time is something they don't have. So I would not ask them to be my mentor, but I would just start treating them like it. And that worked very well for me.”
“But it's Posy, Gale's five-year-old sister, who helps the most. She scoots along the bench to Octavia and touches her skin with a tentative finger. â€œYou're green. Are you sick?â€ â€œIt's a fashion thing, Posy. Like wearing lipstick,â€ I say. â€œIt's meant to be pretty,â€ whispers Octavia, and I can see the tears threatening to spill over her lashes. Posy considers this and says matter-of-factly, â€œI think you'd be pretty in any color.”
“Believers in political faith-healing enjoy a supreme immunity from doubt.”

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