I believe God takes
I believe God takes the things in our lives – family, background, education – and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don’t think God wastes anything. Eugene H. Peterson
Family Background
I came out of
I came out of a family background that involved itself with people. Ella Baker
One Mongolian leader became
One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he became a revolutionary. Under the influence of his new ideology, he actually killed his own teacher. Pol Pot’s family background was Buddhist. Whether he himself was a Buddhist at a young age, I … Read more
Everyone wants to be
Everyone wants to be happy; happiness is a right. And while on a secondary level differences exist of nationality, faith, family background, social status and so on, more important is that on a human level we are the same. None of us wants to face problems, and yet we create them by stressing our differences. … Read more
Further Education should be
Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay – everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I don’t want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place. Charles Kennedy
I don’t come from
I don’t come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own. Cat Power
You have to set
You have to set big goals for yourself. And you have to put aside all the negativity in your life that tells you that if you came from a certain education or a certain family background that you can’t achieve big goals. That’s one of the things that America has. Brian Tracy
I really don’t know
I really don’t know what makes a comedian. I think it’s a family background and environment. Yet if you put the same ingredients in another person, he may never utter a funny line. Bob Newhart
I do write long,
I do write long, long character notes – family background, history, details of appearance – much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage. Anne Tyler
With my family background
With my family background – my parents were both activists – writing about culture and politics came naturally. Alexander Chee