#ration

Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient ↗

— Milton Berle

#poverty #truth #inspirational

People don't seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune. ↗

— William McFee

#inspirational

The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals, he said, but that's normal, because 'a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows. ↗

— Pope Francis

#inspirational

He says the earth is an oval marble that nobody can win. He says the sky is not blue and the grass is not green. He says everything is a matter of perception. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#inspirational

Your place in destiny is to be the head and not the tail;it is made possible when you are a potential leader ↗

— Uzoma Kelechi

#inspirational

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light. ↗

— Brené Brown

#courage #inspirational #light #love #vulnerability

All thinking men are atheists. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#inspirational #inspirational

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#inspirational

The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#beauty #concept #cooperation #entranced #form

The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment. ↗

— Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

#amendment #ban #coverage #defense #department