Francies Batecas Quotes & Sayings

your personal strengths, as a leader? — Daniel Goleman

The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us. — Jerry Bridges

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things. Thus death is nothing terrible, else it would have appeared so to Socrates. But the terror consists in our notion of death, that it is terrible. When, therefore, we are hindered, or disturbed, or grieved let us never impute it to others, but to ourselves; that is, to our own views. It is the action of an uninstructed person to reproach others for his own misfortunes; of one entering upon instruction, to reproach himself; and of one perfectly instructed, to reproach neither others or himself. — Epictetus

Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality. — Charles Bukowski

Hold that thought. This sounds like the kind of conversation I'll need pants for." It — Sam Sykes

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. — Plato

The doors of our fridges, glimpses of cleavage, images of our birthday cakes, the setting sun: cheap photography makes visible the ways in which we are similar, and have for a long time been similar. Now we have proof, again, and again, and again. The — Teju Cole

I think my parents had in mind that I would settle down at quite a young age, but I decided that being a housewife in a big country house wasn't for me. I wanted to leave the country, head for London and see what the world had to offer. — Alison Jackson

Their job seemed to me so hopeless, so appalling that I wondered how anyone could put up with such a thing when prison was a possible alternative. — George Orwell

With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential. — Julius Erving

I'm looking for an intensity of focus. It's a bit like tuning a guitar string. You tighten and tighten, and nothing really changes until you hit that tension, and suddenly it's there: you've got a note. — Lenny Abrahamson