#ours

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen. ↗

— Corazon Aquino

#always #any #building #democracy #dictator

One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st. ↗

— Clement Attlee

#19th century #20th century #another #been #century

The pressures on gay teens can be overwhelming--to keep secrets, tell lies, deny who you are, and try to be who you're not. Remember: you are special and worth being cared about, loved, and accepted just as you are. Never, ever let anyone convince you otherwise. ↗

— Alex Sanchez

#gay-rights #inspirational #inspirational

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#bitterest #called #enough #forth #hours

Forgiveness is a gift to the one who is hurting. ↗

— Josee D'Amore

#forgive-yourself #forgiven #forgiveness #forgiving #how-to-forgive

[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them in the wrong way, through lenses clouded by distraction, exhaustion and fear, which blind us to the fact that they are really, despite a thousand differences, just altered versions of ourselves: fellow fragile, uncertain, flawed beings likewise craving love and in urgent need of forgiveness. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#oneness #others #ourselves #viewpoints #forgiveness

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#fence #love #neighbor #take #your

We play a long show, and you can't beat yourself up too much over it, as physically you just kill yourself. It was always good fun on the road and it still is. ↗

— Andy Taylor

#beat #fun #good #just #kill

You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#just #off #perfect #pushing #wall

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing. ↗

— Janet Erskine Stuart

#best #essentially #ourselves #remain #same