“A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly”
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Hopeful Quotes — page 154 of 783
“The World Health Organization has recognized acupuncture as effective in treating mild to moderate depression.”
“I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better life. I'm part of a majority and not a minority. My life has been a life of growth. If you're not growing, you're not going to understand real love. If you're not reaching out to help others then you're shrinking. My life has been active. I'm not a spectator”
“Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.”
“The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”
“But all should know that the people's participation in the elections will take the country forward ... an election full of excitement will be a major blow to the enemy.”
“The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to national independence, to the Constitution and to the Islamic causes.”
“Part of the Disney success is our ability to create a believable world of dreams that appeals to all age groups. The kind of entertainment we create is meant to appeal to every member of the family.”
“The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night, Ya-honk! he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation: The pert may suppose it meaningless, but I listen closer, I find its purpose and place up there toward the November sky.”
“The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better.”
“"We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has."”
“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”
“We’ve been filled with great treasure for one purpose: to be spilled.”
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”
“Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.”
“I hope I shall be able to make some drawings in which there is something human.”
“I'm now painting with all the elan of a Marseillais eating soup, which won't surprise you when I tell you I'm painting large sunflowers. The idea? To decorate the studio, now there's hope of Gauguin living here. I aim at a dozen panels of sunflowers in the room I've set aside for Gauguin.”
“You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.”
“I feel that adolescence has served its purpose when a person arrives at adulthood with a strong sense of self-esteem, the ability to relate intimately, to communicate congruently, to take responsibility, and to take risks. The end of adolescence is the beginning of adulthood. What hasn't been finished then will have to be finished later.”
“There are days when I am convinced that Heaven starts already, now, in this ordinary life just as it is, in all its incompleteness, yet, this is where Heaven starts.. see within yourself, if you can find it. I walked through the field in front of the house, lots of swallows flying, everywhere! Some very near me..it was magical. "We are already one, yet we know it not.”