"Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair."

-- Annie Dillard

#Gears Quotes #Belief Quotes #Desks Quotes

“I love doing film soundtracks and working with directors on how they want the scene to be portrayed on audio as opposed to visual. I like the collaborative effort of working with people.”
“There are times when sympathy is as necessary as the air we breathe.”
“Learning emerges from discovery, not directives; reflection, not rules; possibilities, not prescriptions; diversity, not dogma; creativity and curiosity, not conformity and certainty; and meaning, not mandates.”

Source : Stephanie Pace Marshall (2006). “The Power to Transform: Leadership That Brings Learning and Schooling to Life”, p.38, John Wiley & Sons
“A freshet in the autumn does not compensate for a drought in the spring.”

Source : Mary Boykin Chesnut (2011). “Mary Chesnut's Diary”, p.69, Penguin
“It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships.”
“If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.”

Source : "Battle of the Clipper Chip" by Steven Levy, www.nytimes.com. 1994.
“I've got the Lord on board.”
“As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.”

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