"We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurtsâ€” not to hurt others."

-- George Eliot

#Hurt Quotes #Disappointment Quotes #Pride Quotes

“If you think your hands are more important in your golf swing than your legs, try walking a hole on your hands.”
“Charm is the ability to make others forget that you look as you do.”
“Our Founding Fathers were proud that Americans were trusted with arms because they knew that only when people are armed could they truly be thought of as free citizens. And that's where the circle closes. Those who want to deprive you of your right to keep and bear arms are intending to deprive you of your freedom, period. Like the criminals their policies encourage, these elitists know that it is always best to disarm victims before you enslave them.”
“A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles of careful modesty in speech, with much understatement, have behind their masks an appalling and impregnable conceit of themselves.”
“I should go. Stewartâ€™s waitinâ€™ for me. Says he wants to teach me how to use a sword properly.â€™ Riley hooted. â€˜Can I watch? This should be totally hilarious.â€™ â€˜Yaâ€™ve got no respect woman.â€™ Beck retorted. After the door closed behind him she realized what heâ€™d said. â€˜Woman?â€™ He wasnâ€™t calling her girl any longer.”
“As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story.”
“Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.”

Source : Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam
“What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.”

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