"Iâ€™m a big believer in starting with high standards and raising them. We make progress only when we push ourselves to the highest level. If we donâ€™t progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude."

-- Dan Gable

#Attitude Quotes #Progress Quotes #Levels Quotes

“Nature has got it all wrong: When you are younger, it should be harder to get pregnant, and as you get older it should be easier. When you are so ready, you can't do it to save your life. And when you are 21, you are so not ready, but you are ripe as could be. The eggs should become more developed the older you get, not die slowly from the day you're born. That's one thing God got wrong.”
“I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to make our kids think that we're super spiritual or we've got it all together. They see mom and dad being real people. What they hear dad talking about at home is not different from what they see from dad [at church]. That won't guarantee that they'll avoid the whole PK, MK thing. But we are hopefully not contributing to what normally produces that crisis, which is pretending.”
“The man who says "I may be wrong, but--" does not believe there can be any such possibility.”
“You had censorship. If you brought a manuscript to the publisher, you knew he would suggest changes. If you wanted to write and speak what you thought had to be written and spoken, you had to act against all these suppressive rules.”
“It is one of the benchmarks of a culture I always think â€“ the page at which it operates. A good way to measure it is to order a taxi and see how irate local people get if it is late.”
“He recalls what that first German soldier said to his major: No God-not yours or mine-approves of what you're doing.”

Source : Chris Bohjalian (2012). “The Sandcastle Girls”, p.132, Simon and Schuster
“No one likes crying, but tears water our souls.”

Source : Xinran (2010). “Sky Burial”, p.164, Random House
“The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America with the best possible education, including students with disabilities.”

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