"Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude."

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Source : FaceBook post by Nick Vujicic from May 10, 2016

Nick Vujicic

#Gratitude Quotes #People Quotes #Being Thankful Quotes

“I'll be here tomorrow If I can make it through today.”
“People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist.”
“Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired well before I set foot in any history class. They came from Margaret Mitchell, from Anya Seton, from M.M. Kaye, and a host of other authors, in their crackly plastic library bindings. Whether historians acknowledge it or not, scholarly historyâ€™s illegitimate cousin, the historical novel, plays a profound role in shaping widely held conceptions of historical realities.”
“My father was a very good amateur pianist, and he had a collection of books on technique. One of the things he had was a small volume of exercises by Rudolf Ganz, in which Ganz mentions the pedagogical work of the Swiss composer, Ã‰mile-Robert Blanchet, who wrote a ton of polyphonic exercises for one-hand. These exercises were a great help for finger independence, which I acquired early on. This might have given me somewhat of an edge, a facility to be able to knock any obstacle that was in my way.”
“Schooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generationâ€™s level of knowledge and sense of values.”

Source : Leon Botstein (1997). “Jefferson's Children: Education and the Promise of American Culture”
“The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent - that of total separation of Church and State. No religious establishment by law exists among us. The conscience is left free from all restraint and each is permitted to worship his Maker after his own judgement.”
“The great Pioneer Missionaries all had 'inverted homesickness' this passion to call that country their home which was most in need of the Gospel. In this passion all other passions died; before this vision all other visions faded; this call drowned all other voices. They were the pioneers of the Kingdom, the forelopers of God, eager to cross the border-marches and discover new lands or win new-empires”
“I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.”

Source : Interview with Neil Ashton, www.dailymail.co.uk. May 16, 2013.

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