“There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.” GivingLongSeemsExistenceEventsPerspectivePeriodsFoundationRoundsCaughtDullCaught UpGlimpsePettyNo PointGreat Events Author:Queen Elizabeth II
“Sports biography at its best. Rich in period detail, anecdote, and fresh perspective, Strong Boy paints both the good and the bad sides of success, as America's growing celebrity culture turned a simple Irish American gladiator into a national, in fact international hero. A very human story with profound parallels for our sports-obsessed culture today!” HumansFactsStoriesTodayAmericaCultureStrongSportsSidesSimpleBoysRichGrowingPerspectiveHeroPeriodsProfoundPaintInternationalDetailsObsessedBiographiesParallelsAnecdotesCelebrity Culture Author:Nigel Hamilton
“The secret of life is to let every segment of it produce its own yield at its own pace. Every period has something new to teach us. The harvest of youth is achievement; the harvest of middle-age is perspective; the harvest of age is wisdom; the harvest of life is serenity.” AgeLife IsSecretTeachMiddleYouthProducePerspectivePeriodsAchievementMaturitySomething NewYieldPaceSerenityPhasesHarvestMiddle AgesSecret LifeAspects Of LifeDifferent Walks Of Life Author:Joan D. Chittister
“From an evolutionary perspective children are, literally, designed to learn. Childhood is a special period of protected immaturity. It gives the young breathing time to master the things they will need to know in order to survive as adults.” KnowsNeedsGivingChildrenYoungOrderChildhoodSpecialMastersPerspectivePeriodsAdultsBreathingProtectedImmaturity Author:Alison Gopnik
“Fashions change, and with the new psychoanalytical perspective of the postwar period [WWII], child rearing became enshrined as thespecial responsibility of mothersany shortcoming in adult life was now seen as rooted in the failure of mothering during childhood.” ChildrenResponsibilityChildhoodFashionPerspectivePeriodsAdultsRootedWwiiShortcomingsMotheringChild Rearing Author:Sylvia Ann Hewlett
“Your perspective is vital to your happiness. Some, blind to the bountiful opportunities around them, live lives of sadness and despair with brief moments of joy. Be alive to the abundant potential that surrounds you so that you live a life of peace and happiness with periods of challenging growth.” MomentsJoyOpportunityGrowthChallengesAliveSadnessPerspectivePeriodsDespairBlindLive LifeSurroundPeace And HappinessBrief Moments Author:Richard G. Scott
“THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER is raw, honest and completely captivating. Kathleen Kent takes what would seem to be a familiar subject and gives it a fresh, new perspective-moving us through a wrenching gamut of emotions as she does so. A searing look at one of the worst periods in our history.” GivingLooksDoeSeemsMovingEmotionWorstSubjectsHonestPerspectivePeriodsDaughterFamiliarHereticCaptivatingNew PerspectiveKent Author:Anita Shreve
“I have defended Syria for a long time, so I was admiring Syria, I have admired your president very much. I hope at some point to be able to meet him and shake his hand. I think he is the greatest man in a very difficult period, and especially with what's going on right now, in terms of Lebanon and its relations with Syria. But absolutely, even from my perspective, and it shows you how the Zionist media around the world controls and affects all of us. Even those of us who are aware of it - it's subtly affecting.” ThinkingMenWorldLongShowsHandsAbleDifficultPresidentTermMediaPerspectivePeriodsRight NowLong TimeRelationAround The WorldShakesSyriaZionistAdmiringLebanonGreatest Man Author:David Duke
“When we're being grateful it means that we're acknowledging that life is a gift, that life is a blessing, that this body is only here for a short period of time and it really shifts the whole internal landscape of the mind and it puts things into perspective and it allows us to get our bearings. To get a firm footing in what's real, and then go from there.” MindMeanRealWholeBodyLife IsPerspectivePeriodsBlessingGratefulLandscapeFirmInternalsBe GratefulLife Is A Gift Author:MC Yogi
“I just wanted to stop and try to get some perspective. [ A Period of Transition] it was just a matter of wanting to review the whole thing...to try and get some relationship to what I was doing.” TryingMatterWholeWantedPerspectivePeriodsReviewsTransition Author:Van Morrison