"Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them."

-- Marcia Angell

#Illness And Death Quotes #Patient Quotes #Approach Quotes

“Beauty has always been an â€‹element of discussion for black women, whether or not we were the ones having the conversationâ€‹. Out of necessity, black women have always had to consider others' perceptions of a certain beauty ideal, just starting with the skin color.”
“Personally, I think it is possible to build a society that is moral on a nonreligious basis, but the jury is still out on that.”
“Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.”
“I have always championed the concept of administrators of color. My mother worked in advertising, and growing up, I saw my mother's community of women working behind the scenes. I had the opportunity from a young age to know that I could do this work.”
“Analyzin' miss clairol, fendi'd down mascara on, assistant manager in paragon”
“This can be one of cheerfulness or gloom because color which is so inexpensive, is what does the trick. Not color alone but color plus imaginative lighting and cleverly grouping of the furniture. You say you have an old lobby that nothing much can be done with? Oh yes it can!”
“There was nothing unusual about my victory. The entire story was back in eighth place. There is simply no way to imagine how good Jim Ryun is or how far he will go after he becomes an adult. What he did was more significant than Roger Bannister's first mile under 4 minutes.”
“When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission of sound (the radio),he was committed to a mental institution. But people like Lincoln, Edison, and Marconi were strongly motivated. So they didn't give up. They somehow knew that the only real failure is the one from which we learn nothing. They seemed to go on the assumption that there is no failure greater than the failure of not trying, and so they continued to try in the face of repeated failures.”

Source : John Powell (1990). “Will the Real Me, Please Stand Up?: Twenty-Five Guidelines for Good Communication”, Thomas More Association

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