#we

Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to be messed with. Powerful, all of them. And I'm the guy who fixes the windows. They'll never know how tough it is, Dawnie, to be the one who isn't Chosen, to live so near the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me. I saw you last night, and I see you working here today. You're not special; you're extraordinary. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#extraordinary #inspirational #ordinary #power #xander-harris

How can the strength of one man stand against Jake and an army of demons?" "He can," I countered, "if he has the power of Heaven on his side. After all, Christ was a man." "He was also the Son of God, there's a difference." "Do you think they could have crucified him if he wasn't human?" I asked. "He was flesh and blood, just like Xavier. You've been here so long you underestimate the power of humans. They're a force of nature. ↗

— Alexandra Adornetto

#christ #crucified #hanna #hell #human

The problem is normal was'nt in my DNA. I was destined to be forever freakish. ↗

— Julie Hockley

#eccentric #freak #inspirational #odd #unique

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#born #leader #man #powerful #powerful man

If life gives you a curveball, then be the catcher and catch it. ↗

— Fiona Boyd

#inspirational #inspirational

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#clouds #descending #first #foundation #humility

How would your life be different if...You could control the outcome of your day, your week, your year? Let today be the day...You embrace the truth that you DO have such control to label every event in your life, and create an agreement with reality that empowers you and propels you to greatness. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#control #empowerment #greatness #inspirational #label

Feed the hungry and visit a sick person, and free the captive, if he be unjustly confined. Assist any person oppressed, whether Muslim or non-Muslim. ↗

— Anonymous

#development #everyone #helpful #humanity #hunger

Sometimes, if you want to be happy, you've got to run away to Bath and marry a punk rocker. ↗

— Julie Powell

#inspirational #julie-julia #julie-powell #inspirational

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#conviction #defend #israel #strategy #west