"If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk."

-- Evelyn Glennie

#Motivation Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Mean Quotes

“It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Perhaps Madame de Maintenon would never have mounted a throne had not her cradle been rocked in a prison. Surmounted obstacles not only teach, but hearten us in our future struggles; for virtue must be learnt, though, unfortunately, some of the vices come as it were by inspiration.”
“I was rather a fat little boy.”
“Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.”
“Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.”
“Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom. Not being bought and sold by some idiot employer, not having the moments of her days valued in fractions of a dollar by somebody other than herself.”
“And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame, when he came, in the game, he made his own name”
“Egyptian drumming happens to be a favorite of mine. It's a really simple instrument, but it's really difficult to play. You can take it anywhere with you - you can play it in your room, in an airport. It's very quiet, so you explore the quiet side.”
“You can only have bliss if you don't chase it.”

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