"A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work."

-- Michael Faraday

#Class Quotes #People Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.”

Source : Cheryl Strayed (2012). “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail”, p.51, Vintage
“He has guided my hands in ways I don't always understand, ways that people of this world would scoff at. But there is a purpose for all that I have ever made, even if I don't understand for certain what that purpose is.”

Source : Patrick Carman (2011). “The Land of Elyon #4: Stargazer”, p.166, Scholastic Inc.
“The digital revolution is almost as disruptive to the traditional media business as electricity was to the candle business.”

Source : "Ken Auletta: "Digital is almost as disruptive to traditional media as electricity was to the candle business"". Interview with Maite Fernandez, ijnet.org. December 14, 2011.
“I still hope to kill Fischer”
“A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.”
“You weren't made to fit in. You were born to stand out!”
“God keeps a niche In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit He brake them to our faces, and denied That our close kisses should impair their white,-- I know we shall behold them raised, complete, The dust swept from their beauty, glorified, New Memnons singing in the great God-light.”
“I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.”

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