#na

What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well... ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#beauty

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient. I am not as strong as I might be, but I have long known and practiced patience. And if my descendants wish to be as I am, they must study patience. ↗

— Tokugawa Iehiro

#philosophy-of-life #anger

If you take action while you are mad, you will always make the wrong decision. ↗

— Robyn Wheeler

#depression #inspirational #anger

Tears returned to my eyes, but this time they weren't from anger or fear. They were tears that came from understanding the truth about myself and from realizing that what I had was exactly what I wanted all along. ↗

— Lisa Magnum

#satisfaction #truth #anger

When the anger is intense, the person with Asperger's syndrome may be in a 'blind rage' and unable to see the signals indicating that it would be appropriate to stop. Feelings of anger can also be in response in situations where we would expect other emotions. I have noted that sadness may be expressed as anger. ↗

— Tony Attwood

#anger-management #asd #aspergers #reactions #anger

The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that "if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. ↗

— Jack Weatherford

#control #ghengis-khan #historical-person #leadership #mongols

A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible. ↗

— Frederick W. Smith

#concept #delivery #earn #feasible #fred

Do what you gotta do - see what happens. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they are supposed to maintain the status quo. They are the missionaries of the corporate world. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#corporations #missionaries #neoliberalism #ngos #anger

You're fine the way you are. Don't try to change it, try to better it. ↗

— Namy

#change