"Awake, awake, my Lyre!And tell thy silent master's humble taleIn sounds that may prevail;Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony."

-- Abraham Cowley

#Humble Quotes #Inspire Quotes #Sound Quotes

“What I want is to talk about how someone raised Muslim struggles with the same stuff that everyone else theoretically could. Obviously, the particulars are different, but everybody can sympathize with being forced to answer for their identity, the colour of their skin or their religion. A lot of people struggle with mental illness or romance or failed marriages - these are all parts of my own struggle. I read them through the lens of Islam because that's the particular language I grew up in, but the grammar is universal.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“It's not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.”
“Whatever the source of the leader's ideas, he cannot inspire his people unless he expresses vivid goals which in some sense they want. Of course, the more closely he meets their needs, the less "persuasive" he has to be, but in no case does it make sense to speak as if his role is force submission. Rather it is to strengthen and uplift, to make people feel that they are the origins, not the pawns, of the socio-political system.”

Source : "Leadership: what every leader should know about people". Book by Robert A. Portnoy (p. 16), 1986.
“To be able to say how much love, is love but little.”
“For total greed, rapacity, heartlessness, and irresponsibility there is nothing to match a nation.”
“The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.”

Source : "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.
“How much wrong have we done unintentionally, meaning the best”
“Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.”

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