It is easy to be disgruntled if you are denied rights and freedoms to which you feel entitled. But if you are not coherent, if you cannot put into words what it is that displeases you and why it is unfair and should change, then you are dismissed as an unreasonable whiner. You may be lectured about perseverance and patience, life as a test, the need to accept the higher wisdom of others.
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AKIROQ BROST There is so much you are capable of doing, but you will never know until you try SOTONYE ANGA If you have sold the film rights to somebody, take your money and leave. If the producers need you, ... RAVI SUBRAMANIAN If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent, then you are a scoundrel...... MARTIN VAN CREVELD It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a... BAT FOR LASHES If you feel guilty about something, it is important to identify what you feel guilty about and why. ... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA There are people, who come into the room and make it light, who appear in your life as a holiday! Th... SVETLANA SHCHEDRINA | LUCKYOPTIMIST Your life is enough, don’t be concerned with others. And I tell you that if you can live unconcern... BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH If you decide you want to change your life around, it doesn't matter where you came from, what y... ADRIENNE BAILON Dear Claire, "What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together... LISE FRIEDMAN Claire: Dear Claire, "What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them ... LISE FRIEDMAN If you are courageous, people say you are boastful or “too known”. You either choose to accept w... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR you know what the best kind of organic certification would be? make an unannounced visit to a farm a... MICHAEL POLLAN As Sokrates tells it, your story begins the moment Eros enters you. That incursion is the biggest ri... ANNE CARSON We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never... C. JOYBELL C. If you have come to these pages for laughter, may you find it. If you are here to be offended, ... CHRISTOPHER MOORE If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some fe... DAN BROWN The Trap. If you can get in but cannot get out then it is a TRAP. And if you can do nothing about it... RAJAN PERUMAL When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge -- ... ELIE WIESEL [Life]It is what you make it. If you think you can't change the world, then go on and follow the pat... SIMONE ELKELES The wonder of the life of Jesus is this -- and you will find it so and you have found it so if you h... PHILLIPS BROOKS The commandment is that you shall love, but when you understand life and yourself, then it is as if ... SOREN KIERKEGAARD God is Within You! You yourself are the creator. If you find that place within you from which you br... JOSEPH CAMPBELL You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... BEBE REXHA You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR What you are or where you came from is not important. It is who you are and the choices you make, th... J.D. STROUBE Be a man. Discover where you are now, and go on from there, making the best of things. Accept your l... ROBIN HOBB if you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and u... CHERYL RICHARDSON What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA Your value does not decrease if there is someone’s inability to see your worth. Remind yourself of... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Where are you going? And you think that somewhere in the future there is some target to be achieved?... OSHO If you are reading this Libellus, you are a Dreamer, whether you have recognized this or not. Being ... MICHAEL HIBBARD If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have... HAL SPARKS You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... 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MUHAMMAD ALI I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the r... MUHAMMAD ALI No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white gi... MUHAMMAD ALI I shook up the world, I shook up the world. MUHAMMAD ALI The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God. MUHAMMAD ALI Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life. MUHAMMAD ALI To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.... MUHAMMAD ALI I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brin... MUHAMMAD ALI It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila. MUHAMMAD ALI The Nation of Islam's main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep... MUHAMMAD ALI A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have se... MUHAMMAD ALI I don't have to be what you want me to be. MUHAMMAD ALI I've been everywhere in the world, seen everything, had everything a man can have. MUHAMMAD ALI My only fault is that I don't realize how great I really am. MUHAMMAD ALI Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist. MUHAMMAD ALI It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep co... MUHAMMAD ALI I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in... MUHAMMAD ALI Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. MUHAMMAD ALI Don't feel sorry for me. MUHAMMAD ALI I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow,... MUHAMMAD ALI America is the greatest country in the world. MUHAMMAD ALI Life is so, so short. Bible says it's like a vapor. MUHAMMAD ALI I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when J... MUHAMMAD ALI I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people ... MUHAMMAD ALI I'm no leader; I'm a little humble follower. MUHAMMAD ALI I've made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better... MUHAMMAD ALI Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating... MUHAMMAD ALI I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That... MUHAMMAD ALI I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before... MUHAMMAD ALI I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on. MUHAMMAD ALI My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world. MUHAMMAD ALI A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. MUHAMMAD ALI It's not bragging if you can back it up. MUHAMMAD ALI Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. MUHAMMAD ALI All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens yo... LAILA ALI Running is my time for myself. I'm like, 'I'm going for a run!' and my husband knows... LAILA ALI People like to see me fight. A name can only take you so far. There are only a few fighters out of t... LAILA ALI My kids know the importance of being active - and that's why teaming up with the USTA was such a... LAILA ALI I don't play video games. My husband does. He plays sometimes the football, and every once in a ... LAILA ALI I want to encourage women to take control of their health. LAILA ALI I never ran with my dad. He was old-school. He had a whole different idea of training. He ran in ste... LAILA ALI My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I ... LAILA ALI I never intended to box forever, and always planned to move on to do other things. LAILA ALI I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don'... LAILA ALI I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working ... LAILA ALI I do my best to work out 5 days a week. There are times when I can only get in 3 days a week because... LAILA ALI I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap va... LAILA ALI