"How can we expect young people to be rooted in things such as character, morality and honesty? How is one supposed to be at once an arrow soaring skyward and an oak planted firmly in the ground? The meritocratic culture hones strivers on every aspect of their lives save one - how to cultivate character."

-- David Brooks

#Honesty Quotes #Character Quotes #Arrows Quotes

“It takes 4 weeks for you to notice your body changing, 8 weeks for your friends to notice, & 12 weeks for the rest of the world to notice. Give it 12 weeks. Don't quit.”
“Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out”
“These two opposed forms of social organization, the modern state and the market, have evolved together through recent centuries, and their mutual interactions have become increasingly crucial to the character and dynamics of international relations in our world.”

Source : Robert Gilpin (2016). “The Political Economy of International Relations”, p.4, Princeton University Press
“Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.”
“Every cricketer knows that in the early stages of a batsman's innings i.e. before he gets his eye in - luck plays an important part.”
“Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.”
“Both of us were orphans. No one would remember what we remembered. The elders that stood as protective shields, as references to our past, and as reflections of who we were and are and where we came from, were gone.”
“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.”

Source : "In Graduation Speech, Wellington High Principal Stands Alone" by Frank Cerabino, www.mypalmbeachpost.com. May 26, 2013.

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