"He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness."

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Source : Benjamin Robbins Curtis, George Ticknor Curtis (1879). “A Memoir of Benjamin Robbins Curtis, LL. D.: Professional and miscellaneous writings”, Boston : Little, Brown,

Benjamin Robbins Curtis

#Sacrifice Quotes #Ties Quotes #Welfare Quotes

“You know why the road curves as you're driving along? It curves because if God showed us the distance from where we are to where weâ€™re going, weâ€™d think it was too far.”
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
“The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.”

Source : Quoted in Chicago Daily News, 11 June 1958
“I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.”
“I've learned It's the important little baby steps, which teaches us, how to grow. Moving up just one small notch, will help us more, than we know.”
“I would rather be erring on the side of common-sense pragmatism and doing everything possible so that I felt that no stone was left unturned in terms of trying to protect school children.”
“Each one of us is called to become that great song that comes out of the silence, and the more we let ourselves down into that great silence the more we become capable of singing that great song.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent hoping I'll write a book or novella for them. Things change. A rejection slip today might mean a frantic call to your agent in six months.”

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