#tee

My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS. ↗

I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen. ↗

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our "beauty" so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#approval #beauty #carrying #exposed #identity

Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach. ↗

— James Wolfe

#certain #confidence #dangerous #foe #full

I’m nothing great. But I’m a rose… I’m a rose whether I’m admired or not, I’m a rose whether anyone’s crazy about me or not… Like I said, nothing great. Just a rose… But, do you know what it means to be a rose, my friend? Being a rose means ‘freedom.’ It means not existing by the praises of Others or not ceasing to exist by their disapproval. ↗

— Serdar Özkan

#self-acceptance #self-esteem #freedom

Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square. ↗

— David Wilkerson

#church #eighteen #establish #heart #holy

Everything about my teenage life was almost ideal. ↗

— Esther Williams

#almost #everything #ideal #life #teenage

As a teenager especially, I just wanted to do my thing and not be noticed. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#i #just #noticed #teenager #thing

For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival. ↗