"To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness."

-- William Arthur Ward

#Humility Quotes #Pride Quotes #Maturity Quotes

“Now, if the book of Genesis is an allegory, then sin is an allegory, the Fall is an allegory and the need for a Savior is an allegory - but if we are all descendants of an allegory, where does that leave us? It destroys the foundation of all Christian doctrine-it destroys the foundation of the gospel.”
“It's like you're wearing a really amazing dress and high heels and you've just gone to the hair salon and gotten a facial and you feel fabulous, and then someone says, You look really awful. You're thinking, Was I completely delusional? That's what having Lyme disease feels like. It was very lonely and for many years I just didn't talk about the way I felt because I assumed if there's nothing wrong on paper, maybe this is just the way a human is supposed to feel, and I'm just complaining about it.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since Ive been in Downton Abbey, which has made me much more fashion conscious.”
“It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying”
“Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.”

Source : Tillie Olsen (2014). “Silences”, p.45, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“Nature of course is the best guide in the matter of choosing a pursuit.”

Source : James Payn (1882). “Sammlung”
“There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.”
“We never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.”

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