"I certainly don't think we [The Elders organization] are oracles but I would hope that over our lifetimes we have accumulated some useful experience and perhaps even a modicum of wisdom! We don't have all the answers."

-- Desmond Tutu

#Thinking Quotes #Organization Quotes #Oracles Quotes

“Determination doesn't make it easier, it makes it possible.”
“There's a vast difference between having a carload of miscellaneous facts sloshing around loose in your head and getting all mixed up in transit, and carrying the same assortment properly boxed and crated for convenient handling and immediate delivery.”
“You only grow when you are alone.”
“I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It's what I wanted to do, so we went.”
“Greg starts a middle school and asks: Why is "bullies" such a big PROBLEM? And says people need to shave twice a day.”
“I don't know what the big deal about Cracker Jack is. Did you ever go buy a pack of Cracker Jack, thinking you'd get a prize and find no prize in the box? (pause) Here's the pitch...”
“Only after we can learn to forgive ourselves can we accept others as they are because we don't feel threatened by anything about them which is better than us.”
“There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's a great book, it's a great book, whether it's for children or not.”

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