"A wrongdoing doesn't give us the right to do wrong."

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Source : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.196, Penguin

Ruta Sepetys

#Giving Quotes #Wrongdoing Quotes

“God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though itâ€™s not necessary for them to be good, itâ€™s essential for them to appear good.”
“When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.25, Ballantine Books
“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.”
“Like a lot of what happens in novels, inspiration is a sort of spontaneous combustion--the oily rags of the head and heart.”
“When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared. If you're a pioneer and you come up with something that can change the world and you turn round and say 'I'm not going to share this idea with anyone' then you only impact the few and not the many.”
“Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.”
“It's the same with all the thoughts and feelings and other experiences that arise in the ocean of ourselves. The ocean never resists them, it never creates a negative reference point saying "Damn , that seaweed is still there. There must be something terribly wrong with me". When they arise, the ocean just sees them for what they are and they pass away naturally.”
“Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.”

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