#lives

What we do at its very, very best, at its very, very most, will shift us slightly in our seat. If only for two hours, great. If for the rest of our lives, even better. ↗

— Campbell Scott

#better #even #great #hours #lives

Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives. ↗

— Jill Scott

#children #home #influencing #lives #mother

In some ways, people forget about average working people, and how they live their lives. ↗

— Lee Scott

#average #forget #how #live #lives

Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life. ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#civil #civil war #civilization #dangerous #decency

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#born #complaining #crying #dies #disappointed

I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#been #before #being #being myself #characters

Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now. ↗

— Marion Jones

#big family #family #full #hectic #lives

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed. ↗

— Mwai Kibaki

#greed #leadership #lives #opportunity #others

I had always thought of Chris as my kid brother and watching how this kid, as I still thought of him, had affected so many people's lives around the world was incredible. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#always #around #brother #chris #had

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#catch #how #human #human being #i