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We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native American, native born,… — William J. Clinton
Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son… — Nelson Mandela
Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and… — Aristotle
I haven't personally experienced bullying, but when I was in high school, I had a best friend who became a bully. I took a stand… — Amber Riley
For arousing compassion, the nineteenth-century yogi Patrul Rinpoche suggested imagining beings in torment - an animal about to be slaughtered, a person awaiting execution. To… — Pema Chodron
The nectar of compassion is so wonderful. If you are committed to keeping it alive, then you are protected. What the other person says will… — Nhat Hanh
A society person who is enthusiastic about modern painting or Truman Capote is already half a traitor to his class. It is middle-class people who,… — Mary McCarthy
In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy. — Theodor Reik
Each person is a V.S.P. (a Very Special Person) because we are each created in the image of God. — Desmond Tutu
Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself. — Elliot Aronson
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image. — Brian Tracy
We should praise the qualities we would like to see in others, declare that others possess them already, and then watch how quickly these persons… — Catherine Ponder
What we do in dreams we also do when we are awake: we invent and fabricate the person with whom we associate-and immediately forget we… — Friedrich Nietzsche
But inwardly we are as corrupt as the person who sits in an office and plans war-because, we want to be somebody in the family,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself. — Abraham Maslow
At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring… — Phil McGraw
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and… — Brian Tracy
No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved. — Mignon McLaughlin
The person who has a sense of humor is not just more relaxed in the face of a potentially stressful situation, but is more flexible… — Unknown Author

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