Helene Johnson Quotes

#1. There is the authority of position and the authority of knowledge - 'Authority flows from the one who knows.' But sharing in hardship confers upon a leader something quite rare - moral authority.

John Adair

#2. Discrimination on the basis of age is as unacceptable as discrimination on the basis of any other aspect of ourselves that we cannot change.

Ashton Applewhite

#3. Martial sex is kinda like ordering a Civil War chess set through the mail. You get one piece every four to six weeks, you don't know what kind of shape that piece is gonna be in when you get it, but you still gotta pay the handling charges.

Bill Engvall

#4. A strong, clear vision holds the power to transcend your current reality, bypassing the day-to-day challenges that might be keeping you stuck where you are. What is your vision?

Debbie Ford

#5. But alas, my dear child, we are the slaves of custom, the dupes of prejudice, and dare not stem the torrent of the opposing world, even though our judgments condemn our compliance! However, since the die is cast, we must endeavor to make the best of it.

Fanny Burney

#6. Probably the sky a hundred yards or so above your head is still nothing more than sky to you. But all that means is that the storehouse happens to be empty at the moment.

Kenzaburo Oe

#7. You're my wings. You made me fly.

Pepper Winters

#8. One of the principle qualities of pain is that it demands an explanation.

Anne Carson

#9. Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny

Robert A. Heinlein

#10. The families of Aboriginals who have died in custody in NSW will suffer again because of these white lies.

Arthur Murray

#11. Tell me that you don't take that blade and drag it across your skin and pray for the courage to press down.

Susanna Kaysen

#12. We are all bumbling along,side by side, week in, week out, our paths similar in some ways and different in others, all apparently running parallel. But parallel lines never meet.

Mary Lawson