"One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it."

-- Maya Angelou

#Grace Quotes #Charity Quotes #Philanthropy Quotes

“We deny the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion what is and what is not their 'proper sphere.' The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to.”

Source : John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill (2015). “Essays on Sex Equality”, p.100, University of Chicago Press
“A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man.”
“I looked at the Branson Mo. deal but it's all old people and their parents”
“I feel like a visitor just about everywhere.”
“You have not failed until you quit trying.”
“When I was in Coshocton as a kid, I was like, "God, I need more than this out of life." But now that I'm in the city, I'm like, "God, I'd love to just be able to run around naked and shoot a gun in my backyard again."”
“I can only be me. I do what I do, I'm not a jazz player. ... I don't play jazz standards, at least not in any recognizable way. It's not my turf but I have plenty of respect for that style of playing.”
“When I started I would have called myself an artist but the discipline I chose in art was music and text.”

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