"I love children. I'd prefer to be around children much more than adults, actually. And I like animals, too. I'm just really into beings who are at ease with themselves."

-- Meshell Ndegeocello

#Children Quotes #Animal Quotes #Ease Quotes

“After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years, people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them.”

Source : Marshall Goldsmith (2010). “Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It”, p.93, Profile Books
“Neither a person entirely broken nor one entirely whole can speak. In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.”
“She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.”
“My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.”
“I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.”
“Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late.”

Source : Donalyn Miller (2013). “Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits”, p.30, John Wiley & Sons
“Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.”
“As a boy in school, I already had the drive to be No. 1. If I achieve my goals, OK, but if not, I always ask why and try to rectify myself.”

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