"Retrench in everything that is bad and worthless, and improve in everything that is good and beautiful."

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Source : Susa Young Gates (1911). “History of the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of L.D.S., from November 1869 to June 1910”

Susa Young Gates

#Beautiful Quotes #Worthless Quotes

“Every new truth begins in a shocking heresy.”
“'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing.”
“The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.”
“Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.”
“If you are going to do kaizen continuouslyyou've got to assume that things are a mess. Too many people just assume that things are all right the way they are. Â Aren't you guys convinced that the way you're doing things is the right way? That's no way to get anything done. Kaizen is about changing the way things are. Â If you assume that things are all right the way they are, you can't do kaizen. So change something!”
“I know not how to defeat others, I only know how to win over myself. The real and most dangerous opponents we face in life are fear, anger, confusion, doubt and despair. If we overcome those enemies who attack from within , we can attain a sure victory over any attack from without.”

Source : Chris Bradford (2008). “The Way of the Warrior (Young Samurai, Book 1)”, p.184, Penguin UK
“I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.”
“I play a slave. How black is that? I have to wear chains. How whack is that? But donâ€™t worry. I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?”

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