"One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man."

-- Ben Okri

#Fathers Day Quotes #Courage Quotes #Adversity Quotes

“With the terrible earthquake and resulting tsunami that have devastated Japan, the only good news is that anyone exposed to excess radiation from the nuclear power plants is now probably much less likely to get cancer.”
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.”
“As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.”
“I have invested in four social networks. More than any other. But that's in Russia and Poland.”
“I've never made money from films,”
“Love is a treasure for which we can never pay. The only way we keep it is to give it away.”

Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.43, David C Cook
“Doing the things we do now and doing them better, cheaper and faster will take us far. But it will not take us far enough. We're going to have to do new things in new ways.”
“I acquired that drinker's face before I drank. Drink only confirmed it. The space for it existed in me.”

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