"The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy."

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Source : Opening address, Pacific Vision festival, Auckland, New Zealand, July 26, 1999.

Kamisese Mara

#Fun Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Parenting Quotes

“The more we walk the path first while becoming last and least in our organizations, the more we become like the Alpha and Omega whom we long to serve.”
“As we have seen, the first public expression of disenchantment with nonviolence arose around the question of 'self-defense.' In a sense this is a false issue, for the right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.”
“If you want to be anxious today, pretend you're in control.”
“The Spanish press started calling me El Nino' when I was very small. Now, I have grown a little. The problem is, when I'm 30 years old, we'll have to come up with another one.”
“Mindfulness is the primary tool in that we get a little space between ourselves and the thoughts and then we actually can be more responsive, as in: Do I want to listen to that? Do I want to ignore it? Do I want to say "no thank you". Do I want to inquire if that's really true or helpful? So we start with mindfulness and we're not engaging, because as soon as we do that, we've given the critic authority. Instead, we want to notice the critic but not give it any attention, not really give it much value.”
“When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home.”
“You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldnâ€™t determine who you are. You must all realize what youâ€™re worth on your own.”
“I do not know all of the providences of the Lord, but I do know that he permits false doctrine to be taught in and out of the Church and that such teaching is part of the sifting process of mortality”

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