"Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German."

-- Mark Twain

#Giving Quotes #Chance Quotes #Language Quotes

“The world is not made for the prosperous alone, nor for the strong.”

Source : George William Curtis (1856). “Works: Potiphar papers”, p.211
“There is no miraculous change that takes place in a boy that makes him a man. He becomes a man by being a man.”
“How enriched life is by friends! Good friends, new friends, old friends, feathered friends, feline friends, friends of friends...”
“Ive been to London twice. I saw the Broadway show Billy Elliot there - phenomenal. I was crying through the entire thing.”
“The Danger of a Single Storyâ€, which has resonated with me immensely every time I read it. â€œPower is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. The Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti writes that if you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story, and to start with, â€œsecondly.”
“We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.”
“The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.”
“The challenge of being a manager is to get the best out of everybody, not just the few who are clones of yourself.”

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