#affirm

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#affirmative #affirmative action #definition #i #know

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. ↗

— Minor White

#attention #object #presence #still #until

I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place. ↗

— Jim Cantalupo

#back #basics #customer #discipline #end

Know that the same spark of life that is within you, is within all of our animal friends, the desire to live is the same within all of us... ↗

— Rai Aren

#compassion #equality #kindness #life #life-affirming

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#break #constantly #down #i #i am

I don’t want to be an anti, against anybody. I simply want to be the builder of a great affirmation: the affirmation of God,who loves us and who wants to save us. ↗

— Oscar A. Romero

#christianity #god #love #love

Yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes. ↗

— James Joyce

#flowers

But when the world is, indeed, in chaos, then an affirmation of cosmos becomes essential. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#chaos #cosmos #faith #life #peace

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative. ↗

— John Burroughs

#always #believe #deny #easier #minds

Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character. ↗

— George W. Bush

#character #civility #commitment #compassion #courage