"Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did."

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Clyde Tombaugh

#Inspirational Quotes #Fun Quotes #Teenager Quotes

“What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable good among those with whom we associate, that we speak of one anotherâ€™s virtues more than we speak of one anotherâ€™s faults, that optimism replace pessimism, that our faith exceed our fears. When I was a young man and was prone to speak critically, my father would say: â€œCynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve.”
“Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light”
“I can see her lying back in her faded dress in a room where do what you don't confess.”
“Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.”
“I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.”
“A good book written for children can be read by adults”
“What you think about you bring about.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Apr 27, 2017
“If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.”

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