Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires. - Alexander Graham Bell
Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years. - Alexander Graham Bell
Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in comprehending an imperfect gabble if only the accent and rhythm are natural. - Alexander Graham Bell
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. - Alexander Graham Bell
There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing how's and whys about things. - Alexander Graham Bell
Wherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will go on inventing. He can no more help inventing that he can help thinking or breathing. - Alexander Graham Bell
I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove. - Vincent van Gogh
I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly'. - Vincent van Gogh
I wanted to make people think of a totally different way of living from that which we, educated people, live. I would absolutely not want anyone to find it beautiful or good without a thought. - Vincent van Gogh
Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas, but the blank canvas is afraid of the painter who dares and who has broken the spell of 'you can't' once and for all. - Vincent van Gogh
Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.
I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly. We can't force them to think that way. - Rosa Parks
I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro. - Rosa Parks
Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth. - Rosa Parks
Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing. - Rosa Parks
Consider the price actors and actresses are willing to pay for recognition, that one chance in a thousand to 'make it to the top'.
How does a leader make people feel important? First, by listening to them. Let them know you respect their thinking, and let them voice their opinions.
If you do ask questions and are subtle about it, you are expressing a genuine interest in what the other person has to say.
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