"Being a woman did not look enviable to me, even when it looked admirable. It looked like nonstop sacrifice and service. Because it was. Being a woman seemed vulnerable and sad. Even the strong women I knew - and they were all strong - had earned their strength through enduring huge disappointments and tremendous struggles."

-- Elizabeth Gilbert

#Strong Women Quotes #Disappointment Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.”
“Children live in a world of dreams and imagination, a world of alivenessâ€¦ There is a voice of wonder and amazement inside all of us; but we grow to realize we can no longer hear it, and we live in silence. It isnâ€™t that God stopped speaking; it is that our lives became louder.”
“It's not healthy for a society if the people hate their own government.”
“COURAGE is not a quality you teach. Courage is the by-product of self-discipline. It is an ATTITUDE.”

Source : Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.
“Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.”
“If you will it, it is no dream”

Source : Altneuland epigraph (1902)
“If it winds up earlier, you should have a movie picked out. This is assuming she isnâ€™t sending you the â€˜letâ€™s go back to my placeâ€™ signals. In that caseâ€”â€ â€œDonâ€™t go there, Bob. Letâ€™s just not go there.”
“Inside you thereâ€™s an artist you donâ€™t know aboutâ€¦ say yes quickly, if you know, if youâ€™ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.”

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