"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother"

-- Lin Yutang

#Mother Quotes #Parenting Quotes #Rights Quotes

“Now consciousness, what is consciousness? Consciousness is being aware of one's surroundings, recognizing the existence, truth or fact of something; being aware of the very moment, the very instant that you are in; being aware of how you affect the human social, political, and natural ecology you are a part of and how it affects you. Consciousness is being informed and instructed through your groups peculiar culture on the effects of the varied ecologies on your immediate and distant ancestors, and to be aware of their interpretation of that experience.”
“Nobody's perfect but I definitely strive.”

Source : Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
“Juan Hernandez was an actor out of New York, but what made Juan so great and what made Omar so great was that they both already knew how to box, so we didn't have to take them into a gym and teach them how to throw a left jab.”
“Learn whom God has ordered you to be, and in what part of human affairs you have been placed.”
“Goalkeepers need an element of insanity.”

Source : "'Goalkeepers Need an Element of Insanity'". Interview with Lothar Gorris and Dirk Kurbjuweit, www.spiegel.de. May 15, 2008.
“That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.”
“Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.”
“From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.”

Source : Charles Sumner (1876). “The Works of Charles Sumner”

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