Today Quotes
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My past is my wisdom to use today. . . my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides.Gene Oliver, Life and the Artistry of Change
It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1950)
When the student is ready. . . the lesson appears.Gene Oliver
Every path serves a purpose.Gene Oliver
When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1950)
Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.Dan Quayle, 8/11/89
Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., speech, October 3, 1952
Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay.Millard Fuller, founder and president, Habitat for Humanity International
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.Leonardo DaVinci, Notebooks (c. 1500)
The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.Marin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love (1963)