"The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out."

-- George Washington Carver

#Death Quotes #Snakes Quotes #Progress Quotes

“The body is only a garment. How many times you have changed your clothing in this life, yet because of this you would not say that you have changed. Similarly, when you give up this bodily dress at death you do not change. You are just the same, an immortal soul, a child of God.”
“Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.”
“Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism-the right to criticize, the right to hold unpopular beliefs, the right to protest, the right of independent thought.”

Source : Margaret Chase Smith (1972). “Declaration of conscience”
“If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community.”

Source : Greg Mortenson (2009). “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan”, p.27, Penguin
“I moved to New York to do a play when I was 18.”

Source : "Drinking Beer and Playing Pinball with The Newsroom's John Gallagher Jr". Interview with Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. July 12, 2013.
“One of the important things is that a lot of people forget that a biker club is a secret society.”
“Governments are run by people. People can be bad.”
“You do not need to be fixed. You are not broken. You have never been broken. You are not in parts. These are just thoughts. These are just beliefs. Accept your self, where you are in this moment. Accept your wholeness. That is freedom.”

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