"The dead are celebrated. The dead are loved. They give something to the living. Once you put something into the ground, Doctor, you always know where to find it."

-- Tea Obreht

#Doctors Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it.”
“There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.”
“We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are never able to start afresh from the bottom. Where a beam is taken away a new one must at once be put there, and for this the rest of the ship is used as support. In this way, by using the old beams and driftwood the ship can be shaped entirely anew, but only by gradual reconstruction.”

Source : Otto Neurath, Marie Neurath, Robert Sonné Cohen (1973). “Empiricism and sociology”
“Lead from the back â€” and let others believe they are in front.”
“When I was 17, I was hyperactive and annoyed my teachers.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Why should we all use our creative power....? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money.”

Source : Brenda Ueland (2013). “If You Want to Write”, p.138, Simon and Schuster
“It's a very nice thing to be able to give joy to people.”

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