Asceticism is the trifling of an enthusiast with his power, a puerile coquetting with his selfishness or his vanity, in the absence… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that deep in their soul everyone has a champion that can overcome obstacles and do great things. — Bruce Jenner Copy Share Image
To have peace and not war, the drift toward a war economy, as facilitated by the moves and the demands of the… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
We appreciate the efforts of the United States, of the president, of the secretary of state, and we are ready to find… — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
The White Lion message, nature's message, is unfolding at this very moment. It is radiant and magnificent. And it is not too… — Linda Tucker Copy Share Image
Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful. — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
It's a great affirmation of the possibility of overcoming conflict through reason and good will. — Mary Ann Glendon Copy Share Image
Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power,… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
“Hope is not pretending that troubles don't exist. It is the trust that they will not last forever, that hurts will be… — Elizabeth Chase Copy Share Image
Saying “I'll try” means our soul isn't really in it. We tell ourselves “I'll try” when our inflated egos won't come clean… — Chris Powell Copy Share Image
Success comes only for those groups that overcome the all-too-human behavioral tendencies that corrupt teams and breed dysfunctional politics within them. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Definite gifts render their possessors capable of overcoming any obstacle this side of death; they create an impetus of far more genuine… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God's benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
My life would be a reflection of my childhood, but it isn't; it is a reflection of the dreams that I had… — Andrea Navedo Copy Share Image
Postmodernism has not overcome the problems of modernism, but only compounded them with a dosis of cynicism, relativism and indifference. — John Walford Copy Share Image
To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I think that people are still trying to understand each other and overcome prejudices. And people are still, most important, loving each… — Joe Wright Copy Share Image
My major concern about leaving enhancement to the marketplace is that then the rich will be able to buy themselves genetically superior… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Continental thinkers have been obsessed with bourgeois man as representing the worst and most contemptible failure of modernity, which must at all… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm really stuck, when I really need to go 'in there,' I sing the Chalisa and that connects me to Maharajji,… — Krishna Das Copy Share Image
