"The reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come."

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Source : Twitter post from Apr 02, 2014

Nicky Gumbel

#Giving Up Quotes #People Quotes #Looks Quotes

“And, yes, I love the process of building.”

Source : "You've got to have faith" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2004.
“I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now”
“Evolutionary biologists have been able to pretend to know how complex biological systems originated only because they treated them as black boxes. Now that biochemists have opened the black boxes and seen what is inside, they know the Darwinian theory is just a story, not a scientific explanation.”

Source : Phillip E. Johnson (1997). “Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds”, p.77, InterVarsity Press
“It doesn't have to be the truth, just your vision of it, written down.”
“Deliberate long before thou consecrate a friend, and when thy impartial justice concludes him worthy of thy bosom, receive him joyfully, and entertain him wisely; impart thy secrets boldly, and mingle thy thoughts with his: he is thy very self; and use him so; if thou firmly think him faithful, thou makest him so.”
“There is nothing so catching as refinement.”

Source : Emily Eden (1861). “The Semi-attached Couple”, p.356
“That is very high praise, which is given you by faithful witness.”
“Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away?”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “May We Be Forgiven”, p.114, Granta Books

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