"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Inspirational Quotes #Success Quotes #Forgiveness Quotes

“When I was young, my father used to say, â€˜If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.â€™ I thought about these words during my journey, and they kept me moving even when I didnâ€™t know where I was going. Those words became the vehicle that drove my spirit forward and made it stay alive.”

Source : Ishmael Beah (2007). “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”, p.54, Sarah Crichton Books
“Storytelling awakens us to that which is real. Honest. . . . it transcends the individual. . . . Those things that are most personal are most general, and are, in turn, most trusted. Stories bind. . . . They are basic to who we are. A story composite personality which grows out of its community. It maintains a stability within that community, providing common knowledge as to how things are, how things should be -- knowledge based on experience. These stories become the conscience of the group. They belong to everyone.”
“Like any working mother I find it hard to have a social life. But my kids are so well adjusted. There isn't a brat bone in their body so I haven't done anything that bad.”
“To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.”
“I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put down housewife. It's an admirable profession, why apologize for it. You aren't stupid because you're a housewife. When you're stirring the jam you can read Shakespeare.”
“Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.”
“First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.”
“Institutions too often focus their energy preserving the problem to which they are a solution than to innovate their way to success.”

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