"I never hurt nobody but myself and that's nobody's business but my own."

-- Billie Holiday

#Hurt Quotes #Mind Your Own Business Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“That's the ego talking. But it's not the real you. You are a good and wonderful person. You are kind. You have a compassionate nature.”
“Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your journey.”

Source : Jennifer James (1986). “Success Is the Quality of Your Journey”, William Morrow Paperbacks
“Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, 'I will compose poetry.' The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness...and the conscious portions of our natures are unprophetic either of its approach or its departure.”
“It is only when a person gets into difficulty that one can truly see his heart.”

Source : Matthew Polly (2007). “American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNe w China”, p.20, Penguin
“Because if I were gay, [and] I'm not gay yet â€” maybe one day â€” but if I were gay, I'd like to see movies where homosexuality isn't always a problem.”
“After all, it's not where a man lands that marks his punishment. Its how far he falls.”
“If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven”
“Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles.”

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