"We don't become heroes overnight." - One step at a time, eventually discovering we have the strength to stare it down."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

#Hero Quotes #Steps Quotes #One Step At A Time Quotes

“...I cannot help being astonished at the furious and ungoverned execration which all reference to the possibility of a fusion of the races draws down upon those who suggest it, because nobody pretends to deny that, throughout the South, a large proportion of the population is the offspring of white men and colored women.”

Source : Fanny Kemble (1863). “Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839”, p.14
“It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.”
“I knew I wanted to act, and I was really driven, so I kept going for it. We moved to L.A. full-time when I was 8 or 9.”
“Advertising is prima facie evidence that the man who pays believes that advertising is good. It has brought great results to others, it must be good for him. So he takes it like some secret tonic which others have endorsed. If the business thrives, the tonic gets the credit. Otherwise, the failure is due to fate.”
“Take responsibility and make a relationship the best it can be. We're all afraid of being hurt. Get rid of that fear. Be in the moment and enjoy the relationship - or you'll ruin it.”
“I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.”
“We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can.”

Source : Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1807). “The Works of President Edwards;: Narrative of conversions. Life and diary of the Rev. David Brainerd. Mr. Brainerd's journal. Mr. Brainerd's remains”, p.491
“The poor attend to their own virtue in solitude.”

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