"We empower ourselves every time we accept responsibility for choosing the thoughts and feelings we act on."

-- Karan Casey

#Time Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Empowering Quotes

“No one paid any attention to how things looked, and as they moved faster and faster everything grew uglier and dirtier, and as everything grew uglier and dirtier they moved faster and faster, and at last a very strange thing began to happen. Because nobody cared, the city slowly began to disappear. Day by day the buildings grew fainter and fainter, and the streets faded away, until at last it was entirely invisible. There was nothing to see at all.”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.103, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“There is no God any more divine than Yourself.”
“It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought.”
“A meat temperature gauge is a priceless tool. You can get a very inexpensive one at most hardware or sporting goods stores, which will easily help you determine the temperature of your meat so it is not over or undercooked. Pork is normally done at about 160, internal temperature. Steaks are cooked medium rare from 145 to 150. 165, medium. Well done is about 175, internal temperature.”
“A Muslim should be sincerely religious AND politically aware.”
“My husband, Sal, and I put date nights on the calendar once a week. I know that doesn't sound romantic, but otherwise it won't get done.”
“It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.”

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