Downwinders Application Quotes & Sayings

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

No matter what you're feeling, the only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for it. If you think you're stupid, then love yourself for feeling that way. It's a paradox, but it works. To heal, you must be the first one to shine the light of compassion on any areas within you that you feel are unacceptable. — Christiane Northrup

People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals. There was no
television, no big advertising, no endorsements then. Not for a black man, anyway. — Jesse Owens

February 9th was HIS day. The day he always striked. — Mary Papas

He has an armload of irises and daisies and tulips and he presents them to me. "I didn't know what kind of flowers you like."
"I like them all."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
He tries to hand them to me, but then remembers the cast. "I'll put them in water."
Betty swoops in the room ridiculously fast and she grabs the flowers out of Nick's hands. "I'll take care of them. You lovebirds just sit on the couch and think swooning things at each other. — Carrie Jones

It is time to euthanize change management. — Paul Gibbons

Bullying is an evil because it not only destroys the life of the kid who's bullied, but also makes everyone in the class who knows this is going on feel guilty for not doing anything. — Philip Zimbardo

No first-time entrepreneur has the business network of contacts needed to succeed. An incubator should be well integrated into the local business community and have a steady source of contacts and introductions. — Jay Samit

You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view. — Penelope Cruz

Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't. — Ricky Jay

A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe, and fifty times : It is a beautiful catastrophe. — Le Corbusier