"We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whether they are to rise in the world, decide for themselves that they will be happy in it, and have resolved to seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity; making the first of possessions, self-possession; and honouring themselves in the harmless pride and calm pursuits of peace."

-- John Ruskin

#Pride Quotes #Self Quotes #People Quotes

“The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.”

Source : "'Low-grade, sub-standard, downmarket drivel': House of Commons Speaker in angry rant at critics of him and his wife" by Tom McTague, www.mirror.co.uk. August 14, 2012.
“I'm a collector - I collect everything. I can't throw things away. For some reason I think I'm going to need tiny wooden teddy bears with their arms hacked off.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It takes a long time to make love with someone who hates themselves.”
“Unless ideas are massaged into reality they evaporate.”
“I have a lot of respect for the auto manufacturers. They make a product people live inside - and can die inside - so they are held to very high standards.”
“The main lesson to be learned from the Love Canal crisis is that in order to protect public health from chemical contamination, there needs to be a massive outcry--a choir of voices--by the American people demanding change.”
“Everybody's life matters.”
“Your true value is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.”

Source : Bob Burg, John David Mann (2010). “The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea”, p.36, Penguin UK

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