Rachel Simmons quotes

“When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or abuse, it is not a generosity worth giving.”
-- Rachel Simmons

Source : "The Curse of the Good Girl". Book by Rachel Simmons, www.today.com. 2009.

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“There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away.”
-- Rachel Simmons

Source : Rachel Simmons (2011). “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls”, p.3, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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“Gossip harms relationships and that's why it's bad. While we all do it at times, there's a point where it crosses the line and becomes bullying if it damages friendships and causes people to dislike someone.”
-- Rachel Simmons

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“Be yourself and you will find, who minds doesn't matter and who matters won't mind.”
-- Rachel Simmons

Source : Rachel Simmons (2004). “Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write about Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy”, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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“Silence is deeply woven into the fabric of female experience,”
-- Rachel Simmons

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“These days, the selfie and its main outlet, Instagram, generally come in for much adult loathing. But consider this: The selfie is a tiny pulse of girl pride—a shout-out to the self. … The selfie suggests something in picture form—I think I look [beautiful] [happy] [funny] [sexy]. Do you?—that a girl could never get away with saying. It puts the gaze of the camera squarely in a girl’s hands, and along with it, the power to influence the photo’s interpretation.”
-- Rachel Simmons

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“You don't learn how to say 'hey, I have a problem,' but you also don't learn how to hear it. There's a total breakdown of how females talk to one another. It's very disconcerting for leadership because it means you don't talk to each other; you talk about each other.”
-- Rachel Simmons

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“I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.”

“The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).”

“Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency.”

“The Lord has different names according to His different activities. For example, His name is Madhusüdana because He killed the demon of the name Madhu; His name is Govinda because He gives pleasure to the cows and to the senses”

“Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.”

Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, "The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14, 1957.

“He gives me the hairy eyeball, and asks me to help him find his pancreas.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.49, Macmillan

“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.”

Source : 1931 'Too Much!'.

“Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.”

“I want people to help me reanchor the church to undeniable, mind-boggling, culture-shifting demonstration of compassion and generosity. Because, generosity was the hallmark of the early church.”

“We thought: we're poor, we have nothing, but when we started losing one after the other so each day became remembrance day, we started composing poems about God's great generosity and our former riches.”