#sons

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#afraid #because #better #come #get

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#moral #reasons #thing

Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God with a thousandth part of the love which God has manifested to us? ↗

— Augustus Hare

#among #been #children #downward #ever

Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#apt #bad #generality #good #impulse

Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your heart. The important things. ↗

— Ana Castillo

#life

Bringing to light what had been hidden in darkness should not overwhelm you, but EDUCATE you. ↗

— Solange nicole

#enlightenment #equality #life-lessons #solange #education

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side. ↗

— Katharine Butler Hathaway

#belonged #creative #creativeness #decision #equal

When something gets attention so quickly, people sometimes will look for reasons to find fault and tear it down. ↗

— John Hawkes

#down #fault #find #gets #look

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. ↗

— George Herbert

#father #govern #hundred #sons

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions. ↗

— Anita Hill

#ask #continued #employer #explaining #few