"We gain justice, judgment, with years, or else years are in vain."

-- Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

#Years Quotes #Justice Quotes #Experience Quotes

“What Habitat does is much more than just sheltering people. Itâ€™s what it does for people on the inside. Itâ€™s that intangible quality of hope. Many people without decent housing consider themselves lifeâ€™s losers. This is the first victory they may have ever had. And it changes them. We see Habitat homeowners go back to school and get their GEDs, enter college, do all kinds of things they never believed they could do before they moved into their house. By their own initiative, through their own pride and hope, they change.”

Source : Millard Fuller (1995). “Simple Decent Place to Live: The Building Realization of Habitat for Humanity”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc
“We cut up lemons on a chop board because they are good for our voices.”
“I have no interest in romanticizing poor black people, having been one of them myself in our beloved hometown of Detroit.”
“The fish, Even in the fisherman's net, Still carries, The smell of the sea.”
“I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.”

Source : Lian Hearn (2005). “Across the Nightingale Floor: Journey to Inuyama. episode 2”, Puffin
“Hoodies are definitely street wear, no doubt. It's amazing how hoodies have become such an important staple in people's wardrobes.”
“I don't know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I'm not talking about arrogant people. I'm talking about people who know they are both good and bad yet believe at the deepest level they are really good for people.”
“Once you realize how effortless the highest way of life is, it takes tremendous effort to assume the opposite.”

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