Spped Quotes

I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change.

I’m changing the things I cannot accept.

Lock up your libraries if you like;

but there is no gate,

no lock,

no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Pain is part of the process;

embrace it and move forward.

Seize the moment.

Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’

who waved off the dessert cart.

I speak to you only as an American

who happens to be an American Negro

and one who is proud of that heritage.

We ask for nothing special.

We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis,

and if we are not worthy,

then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.

The struggle of my life created empathy

I could relate to pain,

being abandoned,

having people not love me.

Almost half of the population of the world lives in

rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty.

Such inequalities in human development have been

one of the primary reasons for unrest and,

in some parts of the world, even violence.

Imperfection is beauty,

madness is genius,

and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

Fame comes with pressure,

but I stay focused.

O Day of days when we can read!

The reader and the book,

either without the other is naught.

A loving atmosphere in your home is

the foundation for your life.

I attribute my success to this

I never gave or took any excuse

Florence Nightingale

Wherever I go,

as long as I get a hot vegetable dish,

I am okay.

If I am in Gujarat,

I have Gujarati food.

If it's Shillong,

it's northeastern.

Do we not realize that

self respect comes

with self reliance

Keep love in your heart.

A life without it is like a sunless garden.

Our great responsibility is to leave a safer,

better world for our children.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be

feared than a wild beast.

The world is made up of two kinds of people:

those who do and those who complain.

Character, in the long run,

is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas.

I've only ever had one.