"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves-to breakour own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today."Stewart B. Johnson"Men rule because women let them. Male misogyny is real enough, and it has dreadful consequences, but female misogyny is what keeps women out of power."

-- Germaine Greer

#Inspiring Quotes #Real Quotes #Men Quotes

“For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.”
“The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss.”
“The spirit in which the offer was made must of necessity contribute to improving and alleviating the situation of the Jewish people without our renouncing one iota of the great principles upon which our movement is based.”
“You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today.”
“I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.”

Source : James Redpath, John Brown (1860). “The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, with an Auto-biography of His Childhood and Youth”, p.277
“What happens with fear is that probability doesn't matter very much. That is, once I have raised the possibility that something terrible can happen to your child, even though the possibility is remote, you may find it very difficult to think of anything else. Emotion becomes dominant.”
“It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another.”
“Adventures are funny things. Many are merely happy accidentsâ€”a single spark that ignites an unexpected chain of events. But some adventures are meant for you and you alone. And whether you want them or not, they seek you out of a great crowd and take you somewhere you never thought youâ€™d go. Often, these unlooked for adventures require a sacrifice too great to imagine.”

Source : Wayne Thomas Batson (2006). “The Final Storm”, p.16, Thomas Nelson Inc

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