"It was much later that I realized Dad's secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to the fourth-grade kids in Spring Valley who shined shoes the same way he talked and listened to a bishop or a college president. He was seriously interested in who you were and what you had to say."

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Source : Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (2000). “Respect: An Exploration”, p.4, Basic Books

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

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“I felt completely at home in Mexico - speaking Spanish to my cousins, running around Acapulco and stuffing my face with mole and homemade tortillas. Mexico opened my heart.”

Source : "What does it mean to you to be Latino in America?" by Aimee Garcia, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 18, 2011.
“I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.”

Source : "A Nomad Repaints the Globe" by PREMJI, PartridgeIndia, (p. 70), 2013.
“Like the marathon, life can sometimes be difficult, challenging and present obstacles, however if you believe in your dreams and never ever give up, things will turn out for the best.”
“Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.”
“The fact is... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsofts business practices.”
“Negative thoughts are not protecting you. They are making you smaller.”
“I feel great that I've been given a chance in the golden years of my life. To me, it's the last battle, and I've been given a chance to get stuck in some good armament, some good power, and there's a chance that now I can finish off my working years with my head held high.”

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