#sf

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#fear #social-transformation #change

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do. ↗

— Leontyne Price

#giving #luxury #successful #time #ultimate

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story. ↗

— Annie Proulx

#brevity #find #i #intellectually #intensity

My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence. ↗

— Jack Wagner

#extremely #financially #gave #happy #happy people

I'm nutty for nutrition. I've become one of those people who can't stop talking about the connection between food and health. Now that I know how much changing what you eat can transform your life, I can't stop proselytizing. ↗

— Robin Quivers

#become #between #changing #connection #eat

I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#death #god #his #humanity #i

Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact. ↗

— John Rawls

#citizens #criterion #enact #ideally #legislators

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#been #experience #had #i #smithsonian

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#airs #also #because #beloved #car

How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace the narratives that hold us back by inventing wiser stories, free from childish fears, and, in doing so, disperse long-held psychological stumbling blocks. ↗

— Benjamin Zander

#mindset #psychology #transformation #art