"There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Clever Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #People Quotes

“people don't change, they just have momentary steps outside of their true character”

Source : Chad Kultgen (2009). “The Lie: A Novel”, Harper Perennial
“When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots today, rather than fretting about the plants that are already growing from the roots we planted in the past.”

Source : Hsing Yun (2016). “Describing the Indescribable: A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra”, p.57, Simon and Schuster
“Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.”
“I am a global lukewarmist.”

Source : "CLIMATE CHANGE - Preparation for the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference". Parliamentary Speech, www.peterlilley.co.uk. November 5, 2009.
“I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.”

Source : Marilyn Horne, Jane Scovell (1983). “Marilyn Horne, my life”, Scribner
“Boundaries are a part of self-care. They are healthy, normal and necessary”
“Wake up every day knowing that today is a new day and only you can determine the outcome of that day. So dream big, accept the challenge, and never look back.”
“I worked as a prosecutor watching Catholic priests charged with sex abuse and saw firsthand how the 'circle the wagons' mentality revictimized the innocent, coddled the guilty, and made matters worse for everyone.”

Source : "Penn State Knew and Looked the Other Way" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 13, 2012.

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