"I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live ..."

-- Helen Keller

#Apology Quotes #Charity Quotes #Philanthropy Quotes

“Even though he was afraid to admit it, when he was with her it seemed it was worth doing all those normal things that normal people do.”
“Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men.”
“It turns out that unexplained positivity lasts longer than positivity we analyze until we fully understand it.”

Source : Barbara Fredrickson (2009). “Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life”, p.50, Harmony
“Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.”
“Enlightenment is a group activity.”
“The 21st Amendment gives the states the right to decide what the drinking ages should be and other aspects relative to alcoholic beverages, and I support that. As a United States senator, I want to weigh in - this is not my agenda.”

Source : Meet the Press Debate, www.nbcnews.com. October 10, 2004.
“It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' she said slowly, and now it was as if she was speaking a language she knew at first I wouldn't understand, the very words, not to mention the concept, being foreign to me. 'Macy, no. It's not.”
“Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life.”

You may also like:

Amelia Earhart
Aviator
Anne Bancroft
Actress
Anne Frank
Author
Anne Sullivan Macy
Teacher
Louis Braille
Inventor
Mother Teresa
Saint
Patty Duke
Actress
Rosa Parks
Activist
Stephen Hawking
Physicist