"From one point of view becoming is a humiliation, and from another a royal procession."

-- Ananda Coomaraswamy

#Views Quotes #Perception Quotes #Royal Quotes

“Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.”

Source : Keynote speech by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, www.ohchr.org. November 16, 2016.
“I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has been all over the map - you must stay at the table, pick up the cards you're dealt and play them.”
“In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.”
“It is true that the sky was always beautiful but I don't remember marvelling at sunset or gazing at the dawn of a new day. Survival does not allow time for poetic reflection.”
“Don't judge from the outside. Like any beautiful rose has thorns... the more a person appears nice on the outside, the more you should doubt the inside.”
“I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier”
“Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.”

Source : Stanley Hauerwas, John Berkman, Michael Cartwright (2001). “The Hauerwas Reader”, p.124, Duke University Press
“Forget about being impressive and commit to being real.”

Source : FaceBook post by Danielle LaPorte from Jan 23, 2013

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