“The Centers for Disease Control says that men's violence against women is at epidemic proportions.” Quote by Tony Porter
“I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades.” BelieveInspirationLyingMotivationStrongWiseBraveRaisedSoldierStealingFaithfulAbandonCheatComrade Author:Stanley A. McChrystal
“I had a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and that almost destroyed me.” InspirationMotivationIndiaDestroyedExpensiveElitistSnobbish Author:Bunker Roy
“Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a very blurry line, and it's getting more blurry all the time.” HumansInspirationMotivationLinesAnimalCreaturesKingdomsLiving CreaturesChimpanzeesAnimal KingdomBlurry Author:Jane Goodall
“In life we encounter many people who, in some way or another, try to tattoo our faces.” PeopleWayTryingInspirationFacesMotivationEncountersTattoo Author:Dan Ariely
“First-generation children were strongly influenced by their immigrant parents' approach to choice. For them, choice was not just a way of defining and asserting their individuality, but a way to create community and harmony by deferring to the choices of people whom they trusted and respected.” PeopleWayFirstsChildrenInspirationMotivationChoicesParentCommunityGenerationsApproachHarmonyIndividualityImmigrantsTrustedDefiningImmigrant Parents Author:Sheena Iyengar
“Microfinance is an incredibly powerful tool ... but we must move beyond micro-hopes and micro-ambitions for women.” InspirationMovingMotivationPowerfulAmbitionToolsMicrofinance Author:Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
“[It's] difficult to engage people in politics when they believe that what really matters is where they personally stand.” PeopleBelieveMatterInspirationMotivationDifficult Author:Ivan Krastev
“If you took every nuclear weapon ever built at the height of the Cold War, lumped them together and blew them up at the same time, that would be one one-millionth of the energy released at that moment.” IfsWarMomentsInspirationWould BeTogetherMotivationEnergyColdWeaponsBuiltNuclearHeightThat MomentNuclear WeaponsCold War Author:Phil Plait
“Belief is the natural state of things. It is the default option. We just believe. We believe all sorts of things. Belief is natural; disbelief, skepticism, science, is not natural.” BelieveStatesInspirationMotivationBeliefNaturalSkepticismDisbeliefDefaultJust Believe Author:Michael Shermer
“If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness and eternal vigor. It's only in our lifetime that running has become associated with fear and pain.” IfsKindInspirationRunningPainMotivationEternalLifetimeMythMythologyTalesTallVitalityVigorFolkloreYouthfulnessTall Tales Author:Christopher McDougall