#pro

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class. ↗

— Maya Lin

#applied #class #dumbest #first #go

But I've been there and done that. I'm not trying to prove anything to anybody, and if somebody wants me to come, if they can afford what I ask, it's not as much as Madonna makes; not that I want what Madonna makes, but I was saying. ↗

— Abbey Lincoln

#anybody #anything #ask #been #come

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#cause #deter #fail #just #may

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#being #business #compromise #discourage #enough

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#amongst #answer #approach #author #cannot

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ↗

— Nicholas M. Butler

#also #courage #essential #foundation #optimism

States have the responsibility to create rules and conditions for growth and development, and to channel the benefits to all citizens by providing education and making people able to participate in the economies, and in decision-making. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#benefits #channel #citizens #conditions #create

In just three years, Iraq has achieved immense progress. It has had three successful elections in which 80% of their citizens voted, even while being threatened with death. ↗

— John Linder

#being #citizens #death #elections #even

Developed countries and advanced developing countries must open their markets for products from the developing world, and support in developing their export and import capacity. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#capacity #countries #developed #developed countries #developing

In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#case #global #guarantor #important #important role