"In my community there were two groups of people, There were the ones who did not die and the ones who came back to life."

-- Esther Perel

#Grieving Quotes #Two Quotes #People Quotes

“Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.”

Source : Douglas Kennedy (2010). “The Pursuit of Happiness: A Novel”, p.582, Simon and Schuster
“I was the only swimmer in movies. Tarzan was long gone, and he couldn't have done them anyway; he could never have gotten into my bathing suit”
“Being an artist is not exactly the most universally respected, or secure thing to do with your life. It can be frightening and you can feel that you're taking a lot of risks just with your own life, and your family's security. But the rewards outweigh those things.”
“Driving stock up from one day to the next is not what we are about. We are about building a good company and performing for the long term. I know everyone says that, that sounds trite when I repeat it that way, but that is and has always been our attitude about our business. If we do the right things, the stock price will take care of itself, and our shareholders will be rewarded.”

Source : "The CEO Behind Costco". Interview with David Gardner, www.fool.com. January 18, 2005.
“Sons love moms forevermore.”
“Compassion, however, should mean providing a mechanism to escape poverty rather than simply maintaining people in an impoverished state by supplying handouts. By doing this we give them an opportunity to elevate their personal situations, which eventually decreases our need to take care of them and empowers them to be able to exercise compassion toward others.”
“Sports are my passion and I really enjoy connecting with others who share my love of the game”
“I don't want to show kids that I am smoking.”

Source : The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2000.

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