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44th President of the United States of America 1961

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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

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“Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.”

Catherine the Great (1729–1796) Empress of Russia

As quoted in And I Quote : The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker (1992) by Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, and Andrew Frothingham, p. 278

Confidence

“Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.”

Benjamin Banneker (1731–1806) free African American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer

This appeared in Banneker's Almanac in 1794, and is commonly attributed to him, but originates earlier in "Reflections on different Subjects of Morality, by Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland, Duke of Lorrain and Bar" in The Universal Magazine (1765), p. 119
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Courage , Appearance , Despair

“It is not worth my while to manufacture in three countries only; but I can find it very worthwhile to make it for the whole world.”

James Watt (1736–1819) British engineer

Attributed to James Watt in: Joel Mokyr, The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress. Oxford University Press, 1992. p, 245

World , Country

“Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.”

Solomon Asch (1907–1996) American psychologist

Solomon Asch, Social Psychology (1952), p. 61.

Error , Failure , Thinking

“The Nazis made me afraid to be a Jew, and the Israelis make me ashamed to be a Jew.”

Israel Shahak (1933–2001) Israeli academic

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”

Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor

Deep , Secret , Idea

“People cry, not because they are weak. It is because they've been strong for too long.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

People , Strong , Cry

“My dream is to fly. Oh, my rainbow it is too high.”

Ruslana Koršunova (1987–2008) fashion model

"Model's Web rants pined for love" in Daily News (29 June 2009)

Dreams , Flying

“The so-called "peace" is an interval between wars.”

Lu Xun (1881–1936) Chinese novelist and essayist

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"The Epigrams of Lusin"

War , Peace

“The way to the stars is open.”

Sergei Korolev (1906–1966) Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer

Way , Star

“Einstein, my upset stomach hates your theory — it almost hates you yourself! How am I to provide for my students? What am I to answer to the philosophers?”

Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933) Dutch physicist

about the theory of general relativity, in a letter dated November 24, 1919, to Albert Einstein.

Hate

“Next to life we express gratitude for the gift of free agency.”

David O. McKay (1873–1970) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Improvement Era (October 1958) pp 718-719
Context: Next to life we express gratitude for the gift of free agency. When thou didst create man, thou placed within him part of thine omnipotence and bade him choose for himself. Liberty and conscience thus became a sacred part of human nature. Freedom not only to think, but to speak and act is a God-given privilege.

Life , Gratitude

“Every action of man, the highest as well as the lowest, is egoistic; for it flows from a certain individuality, a certain I, with a sufficient motive, and can in no way be omitted. To go into the reason of the difference of characters is not the place here; we have simply to accept it as a fact. Now it is just as impossible for the merciful man to let his neighbor starve as it is for the hard-hearted man to help the poor. Each of the two acts according to his character, his nature, his ego, his happiness, consequently egoistically; for if the merciful one did not dry the tears of others, would he be happy? And if the hard-hearted one relieved the suffering of others, would he be satisfied?”

Philipp Mainländer (1841–1876) German poet and philosopher

Source: Philosophie der Erlösung, Erster Band (2014), Ethik, § 11 ISBN 978-1494963262

Motivation , Nature , Tear , Happiness

“… I had my own personal experiences with prejudice. I was the only child of color in primary school, junior high and high school. I went through all those years feeling like a freak in one all-white school after the other. The family next door wouldn't let their daughter play with me because I was Mexican. I got on a bus once in D.C. with my father, who was very dark, and they told us to go to the back of the bus, where black people had to sit in those years. All this created in me a feeling of empathy and solidarity with people of color and formed the roots of my commitment to fighting for social justice and against racism.”

Elizabeth Martinez (1925) American community organizer, activist, author, and educator

On becoming a political activist in "Unite and Overcome!" https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/spring-1997/unite-and-overcome in Teaching Tolerance (Spring 1997)

School , Family , Justice , Personality

“After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Joe Jones

Age , Soul , Personality

“It is really a matter of ending this silence and solitude, of breathing and stretching one's arms again.”

Mark Rothko (1903–1970) American painter

Solitude , Silence

“There are two sides to every story and the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle.”

Paul J. Alessi (1968) Actor / Producer

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/10696117836382928/

Truth

“Communication is an essential factor in any type of relationship; friend, romantic, or business.”

Paul J. Alessi (1968) Actor / Producer

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/communication-is-an-essential-factor-in-any-type-of-relationship-friend-romantic-or-business-paul-j-alessi-q--10696117851703955/?mt=login
Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1568493/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_qt_sm#quotes

Business , Communication