“Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, if you were a girl—doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Anything you want to be. And if you’re a boy, and you like teaching, you like nursing, you would like to have a doll, that’s OK too. That notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents, whatever they may be, and not be held back by artificial barriers—manmade barriers, certainly not heaven sent.” IfsThinkingWantShouldMayIdeasSongGirlHeavenBoysFeminismTeachingTalentDoctorsNotionLawyerChiefsIndianExplanationBarriersCaptureBe YouArtificialSimplestNursingDollsHeaven SentIndian Chief Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“In Heaven, a lot of things will be different, but many things are going to be the same, enough so that we'll still be able to use much of the knowledge, skills, talents and experience that we have gained in this life. God will not allow all the training we have received to be wasted.” StillsDifferentEnoughUseAbleHeavenTalentSkillsTrainingGods WillThis LifeHeavenly Author:David Berg
“I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven does.” MenWorldNeedsDoeRealDiesHeavenTalentReal Talent Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“God's highest gifts--talent, beauty, feeling, imagination, power--they carry with them the possibility of the highest heaven and the lowest hell. Be sure that it is by that which is highest in you that you may be lost.” MayGodFeelingsLostHeavenImaginationHellTalentPossibilityHighestLowest Book:Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series Source: Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: Second Series
“Talent and worth are the only eternal grounds of distinction. To these the Almighty has affixed His everlasting patent of nobility. Knowledge and goodness,--these make degrees in heaven, and they must be the graduating scale of a true democracy.” HeavenDemocracyTalentGoodnessDegreesEternalScalesDistinctionGraduatesAlmightyEverlastingNobilityPatentsTrue Democracy Author:Catharine Sedgwick
“I just think of Fannie Lou Hamer, because even though she didn't know my name Ms. Hamer was thinking of me. I just want to do a good job, because I want her to look over that edge of heaven and say, "That's why I did it. That's why. I knew we had the capacity and the talent to be everything America says we can't be. All we needed was an open door."” ThinkingKnowsWantLooksJobsAmericaNamesHeavenDoorsTalentNeededCapacityEdgesGood Job Author:Leah D. Daughtry