Quotes January 15, 2022

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
Mark Caine – Writer
 
 
 
 
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Joshua J. Marine – Magician-Author-Lecturer
 
 
 
 
To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.
Confucius – Chinese Philosopher
 
 
 
 
“My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate.”
Thornton Wilder
 
 
 
 
“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.”
Kofi Annan
 
 
 
 
“I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.”
Audrey Hepburn
 
 
 
 
“As we peer into society’s future, we — you and I, and our government — must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
 
 
 
Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -1929-1968 – Social Activist-Minister