"No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens."

-- Michelle Obama

#Country Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Half Quotes

“We're constantly told that running will ruin our knees and outrage our hearts, but for nearly all of human existence, it was associated with freedom, vitality, and eternal youth.”
“It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail.”

Source : Sam Harris (2006). “Letter to a Christian Nation”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
“The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.”
“Being a progressive himself, Franklin Roosevelt was talking about the fact that we should provide jobs for everyone who wants one. People do have a right to live in decent housing. They do have a right to education. FDR was preaching this gospel in the '30s, and Dr. Martin Luther King did the same thing in the 1960s with the Poor People's March on Washington. Folks in this country have these rights and it's the job of this country to answer this call.”
“When I was 15, I had lucky underwear. When that failed, I had a lucky hairdo, then a lucky race number, even lucky race days. After 15 years, I've found the secret to success is hard work.”
“The fact that I have a little ten-megapixel camera with me all the time, is way better than having the greatest camera in the world sitting at home on a desk instead of on my shoulder.”

Source : Source: theonlinephotographer.typepad.com
“If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind thatÂ the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.”
“When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.”

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