"The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Selfish Quotes #Adversity Quotes #Light Quotes

“I never had a chance to play with dolls like other kids. I started working when I was six years old.”
“You can't lead others to places you don't want to go yourself. If you don't feel a burning passion for something, how in the world can you inspire and encourage others to share it?”

Source : James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (1999). “Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others”, p.149, John Wiley & Sons
“You start admiring someone who's famous for actually doing something---imagine that---and I swear to you I will buy you every item in her entire wardrobe. But over my own dead body will I spend my own time and money turning you into a clone of some brain-dead waste of skin who thinks the pinnacle of achievement is selling her wedding shots to a magazine.”
“That which exists in nature is a something purely individual and particular. Art, on the contrary, is essentially destined to manifest the general.”
“Even when I became the typical shy adolescent, I never minded performing. I felt there was a kind of safety, a protection about being on stage, about losing myself in another character.”
“A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.”
“We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.”

Source : "Apple's Tim Cook: We're Fine Without Steve Jobs (AAPL)" by Dan Frommer, www.businessinsider.com. January 21, 2009.
“I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the United States are truly born again.”

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