"To be strong does not mean to sprout muscles and flex. It means meeting one's own numinosity without fleeing, actively living with the wild nature in one's own way. It means to be able to learn, to be able to stand what we know. It means to stand and live."

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Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#Strength Quotes #Strong Quotes #Mean Quotes

“I don't feel like I can change the world. I don't even try. I only want to change this small life that I see standing in front of me, which is suffering.”

Source : Somaly Mam (2008). “The Road of Lost Innocence: As a girl she was sold into sexual slavery, but now she rescues others. The story of a Cambodian heroine.”, p.128, Spiegel & Grau
“The other thing is that women my age know that looks are only skin deep. They don't matter. What matters is who you are. Hopefully at the end of the day, you're a good person. That's what counts.”
“I worked for a while as a teaching assistant while I was struggling. I really enjoyed it, working with kids with special needs, autism. It takes a hell of a lot of concentration, and you've got to focus on the child properly for seven hours a day.”

Source : "Joseph Mawle: 'I've played some despicable characters'". Interview with Ursula Kenny, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2011.
“I get up and I have coffee and I speak to no man and I go to my desk.”
“Call it peace or call it treason / call it love or call it reason / but I ain't marching anymore”

Source : Song: I Ain't Marching Anymore
“Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?”
“The greatest limitations you will ever face will be those you place on yourself.”

Source : Denis Waitley (1988). “Being the best”, Pocket
“Films with a message just make me laugh.”

Source : "Surfer on the new wave" by Peter Lennon, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2001.

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