"The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Diversity Quotes #People Quotes #Uniting Quotes

“We are embedded in the great evolutionary story of planet Earth, the spare, elegant process of mutation and selection and bricolage. And this means that we are anything but alone.”

Source : Ursula Goodenough (2000). “The Sacred Depths of Nature”, p.75, Oxford University Press, USA
“We assume that we've come so far as compassionate citizens of the world if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It's easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day.”
“As the rising sun melts thinly frozen ice, so the Japanese Army is overcoming Chinese troops.”

Source : "Objective: Limited", Time Magazine, December 20, 1943.
“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.”
“I truly believe that [America loves] the people that don't play to the audience and are just themselves.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
“Everyone is gonna have a bad day, everyone is gonna have a bad game. The questions are: How do you recover? What builds your character? I decided one day early on in high school that I wanted to be great at basketball, not just a good basketball player.”
“Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with a certain awe, because one finds therein no recognition. The years behind have a friendly aspect, and they are warmed by the fires we have kindled, and all their echoes are the echoes of our own voices.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.122
“You can't just say, "I'm gonna have style." You have to work at it. It's intuitive; some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.”

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