"If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it."

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Source : Marva Collins (1990). “Marva Collins' Way”, Tarcher

Marva Collins

#Giving Quotes #Growth Quotes

“There're a lot of old religious beliefs that keep us stuck. Because we're afraid of the answers, a lot of us just don't ask the questions of God.”
“Women writers lift themselves up from the depths; as they rise, each brings with her what she is able to carry.”
“Good poetry and successful revolution change our lives. And you cannot compose a good poem or wage a revolution without changing consciousness unless you attack the language that you share with your enemies and invent a language that you share with your allies.”
“Pete (Rose) doesn't run with celebrities and he can't stand the phonies. His big buddy in LA ain't Sinatra, it's a funny old groundskeeper.”
“There was nothing particularly wrong with them; they were just the ordinary garden variety of human garbage.”
“I feel as if I go to Africa, I may never come back. I'm just going to live with the animals and adopt an elephant, and it's going to be my friend.”
“I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.”
“I've always been a target. Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.”

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