Korrespondent Quotes & Sayings

But this "progress" in psychiatry had gone hand in hand with what, to many, seemed to be the pathologising of perfectly ordinary human weirdness. — Sarah Wise

transformational leaders support followers by enhancing their confidence and self-efficacy to achieve an idealized state. By appealing to followers' deeply held beliefs, transformational leadership has been shown to impact follower core-self evaluations, which, in turn, affect follower motivation and behavior on the job — Matthew J Grawitch

I will sacrifice today for tomorrow. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Playing to passion when you can will keep students motivated and working toward mastery. — Starr Sackstein

I will be your poet, I will be more to you than to any of the rest. — Walt Whitman

The art of chess is in knowing which is the most valuable piece in play, then having the courage to sacrifice it for the win. — Thomm Quackenbush

The opera isn't over until the fat lady sings. — Dick Motta

The world I describe is about how people live now. It's not about zany people with unlimited, inexplicable funds in an apartment somewhere. — Sloane Crosley

All matter comes from a primary substance, the luminiferous ether — Nikola Tesla

I've a devil of a habit for being right. — Catherynne M Valente

Men's minds must be free, and that means the minds of all, not the minds of a select few. — Mary Barnett Gilson

The problem is that this fluidity is not a choice we are free to make. Despite the unifying patriotic rhetoric that permeates the United States, on some level Americans are not really fooled: at bottom, each person knows he or she must continually "reinvent themselves," which is to say, go it alone. America is the ultimate anticommunity.3 — Morris Berman

That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price
dreadful tendencies! — Friedrich Nietzsche

Fear and shame are the backbone of my self-control. They are my source of inspiration, my insurance against becoming entirely unacceptable. They help me do the right thing. And I am terrified of what I would be without them. Because I suspect that, left to my own devices, I would completely lose control of my life. I'm still hoping that perhaps someday I'll learn how to use willpower like a real person, but until that very unlikely day, I will confidently battle toward adequacy, wielding my crude skill set of fear and shame. — Allie Brosh

I'm the parent. It's my job to be here for you, not the other way around. — Danielle Younge-Ullman