Simone Elkeles Quote

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the fu...

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

Arise, my love, let us try to set these ashes on fire again!

Those who are truly grateful are deeply moved by the privilege of living.

Capability can handle challenges, it doesn't accept charity.

Most police cars are the equivalent of an electrical room on wheels and it does not surprise me that police officers that spend time in such a biologically toxic environment are displaying aggression.

If you are on social media, and you are not learning, not laughing, not being inspired or not networking, then you are using it wrong.