"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are."

-- Bernice Johnson Reagon

#Motivational Quotes #Stay Strong Quotes #Business Quotes

“Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.”
“Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.”
“My father has always prayed that his words would reflect God's standard of truth as the basis to claim, 'I have given them Your word' (John 17:14). In this book, I believe you will see that he has faithfully spoken God's Word that quenches the thirst of those seeking to draw from the wellsprings of Life. It is highly meaningful to see these statements now collected in one volume.”
“One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.”
“I feel it's important to be active. People who retire, sit by their swimming pool and golf course and plan to relax have a very empty life.”
“There is nothing ugly in art except that which is without character, that is to say, that which offers no outer or inner truth.”

Source : Auguste Rodin, Paul Gsell (1983). “Rodin on Art and Artists: Conversations with Paul Gsell”, p.20, Courier Corporation
“The breakdown of the modern movement led to what later became known as postmodern-whatever the hell that means-referring to the mixture of people and backgrounds that became a common thing among artists in America. Many of the great artists in America, for example, came from Jewish families and backgrounds that fled all the way from Russia. It's remarkable, the great masters of American art and cinema who were coming from old roots in little villages there. And then Hollywood, and the haunting, hypnotic impact that American Cinema had throughout the world . . .”
“When you get into your car, after you close the door, pause for a few seconds and observe the flow of your breath. Become aware of a silent but powerful sense of presence.”

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