"Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked."

-- Carolyn Mackler

#Self Esteem Quotes #Creative Quotes #Quirky Quotes

“Good Soldiers don't sacrifice the cause for love - Lucas If the cause isn't love then it isn't worth the sacrifice”
“Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.”
“You may have seen people praying to an image as if it had special power. Perhaps they're wishing for the well-being of their family, for material prosperity, or to recover from illness. But this way of practicing faith only leads to a dead end. Buddha images should serve as inspirations to cultivate the infinite loving kindness latent in the buddha within us.”

Source : Shinjō Itō (2009). “Shinjo: Reflections”, p.134
“A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.”

Source : Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (1988). “Political and moral dimensions”, p.435, Transaction Publishers
“Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?”

Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.
“How innocent were these Trees, that in Mist-green May, blown by a prospering breeze, Stood garlanded and gay; Who now in sundown glow Of serious colour clad confront me with their show As though resigned and sad, Trees, who unwhispering stand umber, bronze, gold; Pavilioning the land for one grown tired and old; Elm, chestnut, aspen and pine, I am merged in you, Who tell once more in tones of time, Your foliaged farewell.”

Source : Siegfried Sassoon (1956). “Sequences”
“Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.”
“It takes a long time to really be married. One marries many times at many levels within that marriage. If you have more marriages than you have divorces within the marriage, youâ€™re lucky and you stick it out.”

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