#erin

I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#being #children #deal #eleven #god

Our aim, during our Presidency in the next six months will be to lead this challenge, to show that Europe can function in a mature and responsible way, to start delivering tangible results that show we are taking people's concerns seriously. ↗

— John Hutton

#challenge #concerns #delivering #during #europe

Is it unreasonable to have proof of citizenship when entering another country? ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#citizenship #country #entering #proof #unreasonable

[In mountaineering, if] we look for private experience rather than public history, even getting to the top becomes an optional narrative rather than the main point, and those who only wander in high places become part of the story. ↗

— Rebecca Solnit

#mountains #nature #page- #experience

If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#hope #love #pain #suffering #waiting

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#heart #life #suffering #life

The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things. ↗

— William Ames

#been #could #eternity #existence #nor

After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence? ↗

— Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

#east #embraced #enduring #expect #independence

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment. ↗

— Jasmine Guy

#being #being honest #discipline #every #full

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured. ↗

— Jasmine Guy

#being #discovering #information #know #must