“Deified and demonized. Prized and pummeled. Loved and loathed. Mostly, she's still standing.”
Source: Women at the Top: What Women University and College Presidents Say About Effective Leadership
“I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
Loved I not Honour more.”
Source: The Lucasta Poems
“He was perceived to be intellectually promiscuous, a little too eager to please all groups.”
Source: The Powers That Be
“Any goal, no matter what size, can be achieved if it is tackled with courage, initiative, perseverance, and integrity.”
“We face challenges pushing us in a million directions all the time, whether we’re being pulled to hide our truths or pushed to compromise our integrity. The more we are connected to our true selves, the more whole we are. The more whole we are, the stronger we are to navigate our own life.”
Source: Happiness is Overrated - Live the Inspired Life Instead
“She was as good as she was beautiful and as intelligent as she was good.”
Source: The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
“Enough,' said Mercedes, 'enough Edmond! Believe me that she who alone recognized you has been the only one to comprehend you. And had she crossed your path, and you had crushed her like a frail glass, still, Edmond, still she must have admired you! Like the gulf between me and the past, there is an abyss between you, Edmond, and the rest of mankind; and I tell you freely, that the comparison I drew between you and other men will be one of my greatest tortures. No! there is nothing in the world to resemble you in worth and goodness!”
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
“The healthy should be reminded that we are all dying because it is through our own reminder of mortality that we accelerate our good intentions, into actions people can see.”
“There is tragedy all around us, we pick up pieces, we find our feet and before long another turn of events stare us in the eyes; like we're some kind of magician- the fight seems endless, so I look to the world for inspiration. I observe and I watch how others face adversity, some hide from it, some master each lesson and some create a life with it... Our lessons don't define us, our integrity to keep rising after every fall is.”
“Better to be a diamond in the rough, than a polished fake in denial.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence