quotes about 30th Birthday

“Move with your feet, the hands will follow.”

“True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it.”

Source : bell hooks (2014). “Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics”, p.229, Routledge

“The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.”

“At last the cold crept up my spine; at last it filled me from foot to head; at last I grew so chill and desolate that all thought and pain and awareness came to a standstill. I wasn't miserable anymore: I wasn't anything at all. I was a nothing-- a random configuration of molecules. If my heart still beat I didn't know it. I was aware of one thing only; next to the gaping fact called Death, all I knew was nothing, all I did meant nothing, all I felt conveyed nothing. This was no passing thought. It was a gnawing, palpable emptiness more real than the cold.”

“When you're doing wrong, you're gonna think wrong.”

“All around the world, we are gazing skyward waiting for God… Never realizing that God is waiting for us.”

“I think in this day and age it's very important.”

“An effective leader is willing to think about what's happening and how to understand what's going on. Facilitating flow and making others more conscious of it, the leader communicates an awareness of process to the group, making them more aware of their energies and options. One important principle is to keep track of who has not spoken. ... It's also important to notice when people do speak out but are not heard. Effective leaders practice patience, reminding themselves to wait and observe, remembering that there's always more going on in a group than we're consciously aware of.”

“When I buy a stock, I have kind of an idea where I want to sell it.”

“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”