Dov Charney quotes

“Women initiate most domestic violence, yet out of a thousand cases of domestic violence, maybe one is involving a man. And this has made a victim of culture out of women.”
-- Dov Charney

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“At times, to make progress, you end up offending people. And people were offended by many things I have done over the years. But I did what I felt was right, especially from an art and creative point of view.”
-- Dov Charney

Source : "Here's The Autobiography Of The Controversial CEO American Apparel Just Fired" by Dov Charney, www.businessinsider.com. June 19, 2014.

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“When you believe in what you’re doing, that’s the first thing. And you have to be resilient, because people are going to try to knock you down.”
-- Dov Charney

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“Passion. That's it. When you believe in what you're doing, that's it.”
-- Dov Charney

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“Anything we want to do, we can do. If we can dream it, it can be done.”
-- Dov Charney

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“When you believe in what you’re doing, that’s the first thing. And you have to be resilient, because people are going to try to knock you down.”
-- Dov Charney

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”

“I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers

“Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”

Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36

“It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their lifetime, regardless of career, wealth or background.”

“When food becomes scarce, refugees often turn to desperate measures to feed themselves and their families. We are particularly worried about the health of the refugee population, domestic violence and refugees resorting to illegal employment or even to prostitution, just to put enough food on the table.”

“There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.”

“Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination to subtle manipulation.”

Source : "Emotionally Abused Women". Interview with David Roberts, www.healthyplace.com.

“We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.”

“Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.”