#ch

The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#life #march #nature #order #progressive

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals. ↗

— Dorothy Height

#goals #greatness #his #man #measured

Where I'm from, there is no violence, pretty much. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#much #pretty #violence #where

What it means to be human is to bring up your children in safety, educate them, keep them healthy, teach them how to care for themselves and others, allow them to develop in their own way among adults who are sane and responsibile, who know the value of the world and not its economic potential. It means art, it means time, it means all the invisibles never counted by the GDP and the census figures. It means knowing that life has an inside as well as an outside. And I think it means love. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#education #humanity #love #art

I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#committees #found #i #parks #searched

To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#company #food #location #me #moment

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ↗

— William Boetcker

#build #cannot #character #courage #independence

I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975. ↗

— Eric Bogosian

#got #high #high school #i #new

I think I am a child. Everything blows my mind. ↗

— Marc Bolan

#blows #child #everything #i #i am

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#children #courage #house #into #lives