Pluckiest Quotes & Sayings

I didn't actually have a prom. In Australia, we call them 'socials,' which is hilarious. I did always find them pretty awkward, because I went to an all-girls school. — Robin McLeavy

There is a widespread understanding among the people of this nation, and probably among the people of the world, that there is no safety except through the prevention of war. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can't self-determine without understanding money and capitalism. — John Hope Bryant

I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed - but who are so obsessed with an idea that they don't see its obvious flaws. Think about that. If you can't even acknowledge your failures, how can you cut the rope and move on? — Kevin O'Leary

Listening is central to the development of humility. Arrogance speaks. Humility listens. — Brad Lomenick

Avoid being in the presence of someone who might do you harm. — Gavin De Becker

Even the pluckiest among us has but seldom the courage of what he really knows. — Friedrich Nietzsche

When I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it'll be her wings and not her face that'll make my mouth fall open. — Kurt Vonnegut

I'm a man who enjoys people, enjoys a good time. — Alan J. Dixon

The unthinking glorification of digital activism makes its practitioners confuse priorities with capabilities. Getting people onto the streets, which may indeed become easier with modern communication tools, is usually the last stage of a protest movement, in both democracies and autocracies. One cannot start with protests and think of political demands and further steps later on. There are real dangers to substituting startegic and long-term action with spontaneous street marches. — Evgeny Morozov

But how," said Charles, who was close to tears, "how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?'
Henry lit a cigarette. "I prefer to think of it," he had said, "as redistribution of matter. — Donna Tartt

Inherited collective mind-patterns ... have kept humans in bondage to suffering for eons. — Eckhart Tolle

When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health and education. — Anne M. Mulcahy