Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
Do you know what elegance is? It is not only what you're wearing. It is how you wear it. who you are inside.
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.
In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path
Life is one big road with lots of signs, _x000D_ So when you riding through the ruts, _x000D_ Don't you complicate your mind _x000D_ Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy _x000D_ Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.
Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it in, the beneficiary of ridiculous fortune or terrible injustice. And you have to do it no matter what is true. No matter what is hard. No matter what unjust, sad, sucky things befall you. Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.
Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same way we do. Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer. So let's take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion.
True love blooms when we care more about another person than we care about ourselves. That is Christ's great atoning example for us, and it ought to be more evident in the kindness we show, the respect we give, and the selflessness and courtesy we employ in our personal relationships.
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.
I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own
The peace process we all aim for will not necessarily be a result of the mere signing of a treaty or agreement. It must become a matter of our everyday lives, so that peace settles and lasts and becomes supported by everybody. We therefore have to give peace all the required care and preserve it and promote it.
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.
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