"Security of character would be like a compass, you know? Other people may say that this way is north, or this way might be north. But the compass just says -- north. That's what we count on."

-- William Stafford

#Character Quotes #Compassion Quotes #People Quotes

“It is more important to have self-respect than to gain respect from others.”
“Leandros's favorite place had turned out not to be vegetarian, but vegan, which was for people who preferred their suicide slow.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2011). “Blackout: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.63, Penguin
“Chips on shoulder, all that, everybody plays the game for different reasons. You've got to prove yourself every time you go out there. That's the reality.”
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; that hardy spirits and tough minds usually inhabit sound gods.”
“You have to hide what you are and it's really stressful and very bad for your self esteem. Because it's not obvious to people that you are ill, they treat you as if you're a pain in the ass, then you beat yourself up and you are already beating yourself up as a part of mental illness.”
“My rage and sense of alienation as to how women have been written, have allowed themselves to be written, in so many ways, has political roots.”
“I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A girl's brain is mysterious, but only in a superficial way-a way very exasperating to me.”

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