Human beings who leave behind ...

Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives
Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives
 Charlotte Gray

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate.
 Charlotte Gray
I will protect you until you are grown and then I will let you fly free, but loving you, that is for always.
 Charlotte Gray
Children and mothers never truly part--Bound in the beating of each other's hearts.
 Charlotte Gray
In the welter of statistics about selected ethnic origins (singular or multiple) in the last census, one finding was often overlooked. Of the 25,309,330 people living in Canada in 1986, only 69,065 declared themselves as Canadians.
 Charlotte Gray
A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well - almost.
 Charlotte Gray