#oft

Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to more often because the owners live there and they have to show their face in town, and their kids play with other kids. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#because #companies #costs #face #few

People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#beauty #beholder #dared #empowers #eye

The most learned are often the most narrow minded. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#minded #most #narrow #often

I discovered early in my movie work that a movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer. ↗

— Ben Hecht

#belongs #better #connected #director #discovered

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity. ↗

— Dorothy Height

#get #give #how #improve #just

I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#add #education #glory #i #man

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. ↗

— Arthur Helps

#away #barren #fall #ground #kind

Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#consult #find #i #impulses #often

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#add #big #big difference #cannot #daily

I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#been #come #grab #i #lucky