“Long ago it was said that 'one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.' That was true then. It did not know because it did not care. The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate, of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat.” KnowsWorldLittlesLongDoeSaidCareAbleHalfKnow HowStruggleFateSeatsLong AgoOther HalfOne HalfHalf Life Book:How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York Source: How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
“When confronted with iron-will determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, We might as well let him have his dream. He's said he's going to get there or die trying.” InspirationalTryingWellsSaidI CanDreamMightDiesFateCircumstancesCallingDeterminationIronConferencesHastyIron Will Author:Jim Rohn
“There are those who hold that there is a pattern to all that is said and done in this world, that no thing happens without reason nor out of time. As to that, I cannot speak, for I have seen too many threads cut short to believe it, but of a surety, I have seen too the weft of my fate shuttled on the loom. If there is a pattern, I do not think there is anyone among us who can stand at a great enough distance to discern it; yet I will not say that it is not so.” IfsThinkingWorldBelieveSaidReasonDoneEnoughHappensSpeakCuttingFateThis WorldDistancePatternsThings HappenThreadSaid And Done Book:Kushiel's Dart Source: Kushiel's Dart
“I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.” WorldBelieveSaidStillsMightI BelieveSoundFateBrokenCivilizationEqualIndiaFoundationChinaSeedsJapanRomeAncestorBeatenGreeceRepublic DayPharaohsIndia Independence DayInspiring Independence DayIndian Independence Day Book:The Essential Writings Source: The Essential Writings