Good Deeds Backfire Quotes

#1. I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.

John Wooden

#2. There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most.

Alain De Botton

#3. When someone becomes transparent, then something shines through that person that has nothing to do with the person or any of his or her personal history. What is required is becoming so transparent that the self or ego dissolves.

Eckhart Tolle

#4. What need does the earth have of us?

Pope Francis

#5. When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questions.

Thomas Bidegain

#6. The annals of the French Revolution prove that the knowledge of the few cannot counteract the ignorance of the many ... The light of philosophy, when it is confined to a small minority, points out the possessors as the victims rather than the illuminators of the multitude.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#7. I would love nothing more than to marry you and live with you here in New York." "You will not miss England?" "There is nothing for me there," she said. "You have stolen my heart completely, Mr. Beckett, and I believe it is now yours forever.

Jen Turano

#8. Doctors cut, burn, and torture the sick, and then demand of them an undeserved fee for such services.

Heraclitus

#9. [Some dogs] develop blood feuds with other dogs that are so serious that the only silver lining is a dog's inability to build nuclear weapons in the backyard. -- Patricia McConnell, A Tale of Two Species

Patricia McConnell

#10. 'Ugly Betty' taught me everything about fashion.

Mark Indelicato

#11. You are your experiences and your fears and the love you let yourself feel. You are your degree and your talent and your passion. You are your pain, your joy, and your fantasies.

Renee Carlino

#12. Fight injustice, that our children might be blessed.

Rick Perlstein

#13. Mrs. Charlotte Phelan's Guide to Husband-Hunting, Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. A tall plain one, with a trust fund.

Kathryn Stockett

#14. Want and need are not the same things either. A want can be foregone. It is voluntary, a nice-to-have.

A need is required, a necessity. If he needed me, I'd be essential for his success, for his happiness.

Cynthia Sax