"I wasn't good enough for abnegation," I say, "and I wanted to be free. So I chose Dauntless." "Why weren't you good enough?" "Because I was selfish." I say. "You were selfish? You aren't anymore?" "Of course I am. My mother said that everyone is selfish," I say, "but I became less selfish in Dauntless. I discovered there were people I would fight for. Die for, even."

-- Veronica Roth

#Mother Quotes #Selfish Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“Sometimes, I stood at the front of the E train, watching the tunnel ahead, imagining what Anthem would look like on stage.”

Source : Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com
“When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make.”
“Those that say it is the taking part and not the winning that is important are, for me, wrong. It is the other way round.”
“There's something great about all your worst fears coming true and being said about you. There's a tremendous liberation on some level.”
“We really need to get over this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about children.”

Source : "Joycelyn Elders is Back!". "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. March 13, 2014.
“As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.”
“Your power play can win you games, and your penalty killers can save you games.”
“Being successful doesnâ€™t necessarily make you great. What makes you great is when you reach back and help somebody else become great.”

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