"Better a thousand times even a swiftly fading, ephemeral moment of life than the epoch-long unconsciousness of the stone."

-- Edwin Way Teale

#Life Quotes #Long Quotes #Fading Quotes

“There is never a circumstance, no matter how catastrophic, that also does not hold within it an opportunity to better things, to better yourself. Every moment brings with it an opportunity to love, to forgive, to grow beyond your shortcomings.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.163, Columbia University Press
“By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.”
“Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do.”
“Gradually I saw that it was less interesting for me, as an artist, to frame the world wholly according to my own perceptions. I wanted instead to create situations in which I allowed others' perceptions to surface with my own.”
“I was so honored when Diane Sawyer named me 'Person of the Week,' and like I told her, 'Diane, I love my daughter.' I cried when I found out when she told me she was gay when she was 17 because of the judgment.”

Source : "Marie Osmond will never get over son's suicide, cried when daughter said she was gay". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. April 4, 2013.
“When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.”
“And getting older, what's happening is, I play only mothers.”

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