Quotes of Frederick Douglass

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We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.

- Frederick Douglass

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“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ The night still bold The cold singing by The crickets on their turbo Ushering in a celestial night in beautiful robe For tonight he will wonder into a glorious quest of the night As he lay down his head, will the Angels guard him Good night and sweet dreams ”

- Perpetua Ukakogu

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ The evolutionary algorithm of all life on earth is written in this universal language we call love. ”

- Wald Wassermann

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm. ”

- Malcolm Forbes

“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

- William M. Thackery

“ and then I look deep into your eyes and we melt into each other and enjoy that melting, like those things that belong together... (fragment from Passion beneath, chapter Passion) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ How can I put the Auras back in the chest?” I asked, terror boiling inside my stomach. “You can’t. Not if those that were or will be struck by them won’t be eager to express their feelings and let you help them. You do not change people, dearie. It’s the people that change themselves. You’re the Guardian, but they’re the bearers,” the Oracle whispered. “I’m no Guardian. I’m doomed!” I said and I knew that this was true. ”

- Victoria Moschou

“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ”

- Socrates

“ Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. ”

- Dalai Lama XIV

“ Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ”

- William Arthur Ward

“ Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie. ”

- Rudyard Kipling

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse. ”

- Walt Disney

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé