"Every country that aspires to become a nation needs its heroes, its eminent civic and moral leaders, and if it doesn't have them, it's our duty to invent them."

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Source : Rosario Ferré (1996). “Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories”, Plume Books

Rosario Ferre

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“The probability that the bowman's arrow hits the deer does not lie in the arrow or the deer. It lies in the bowman's mind.”
“It's not what you say, it's what people hear.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 04, 2016
“In striving for the best, in losing onself in others, one is lifted above the common material furniture of life, above the gaudy trappings and encumbering paraphenalia... into the realm of peace which passeth understanding.”
“Love is having endless support from my husband and the hugs and kisses from my kids.”

Source : "RHOBH’s Kristen Taekman: Parenting, Collaborating, Evolving". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.”
“Humanitarianism is rude.”
“People need to wake up and realize that life doesn't wait for you. If you want something, get up and go after it.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 18, 2013
“I have learned over the years that the strength in a quorum doesn't come from the number of priesthood holders in it. Nor does it come automatically from the age and maturity of the members. Rather, the strength of a quorum comes in large measure from how completely its members are united in righteousness. That unity in a strong quorum of the priesthood is not like anything I have experienced in an athletic team or club or any other organization in the world.”

Source : Rosa Parks, Gregory J. Reed (1994). “Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation”, Zondervan

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