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Ray Smith
“Folks don’t give themselves enough credit. The mother who endures cavities so her children can get braces. The father who works a dead-end job so his kids can have a roof over their heads. The daughter who sacrifices college so she can take care of her disabled mother. They are all heroes, and don’t you believe otherwise.”
― Ray Smith, The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen
tags: believe-me, impacting-lives, judge-not, look-up-to, nothing-is-free, service-to-humanity, serving-humanity, struggle-for-life, struggles-in-life, wonderful-people
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some people’s desire to look like some people is so intense that they seldom look like themselves.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: be-you, be-yourself, conformity, fashion, imitate, imitation, look-up-to, looks, trend, trends
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“We seldom look up to the person; we usually look up to their persona.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: admiration, admire, adviser, advisers, aphorism, aphorisms, aphorist, aphorists, confidant, confidante, confidantes, confidants, consultant, consultants, counselor, counselors, esteem, funny, guide, guides, guru, gurus, hilarious, humor, humorous, humour, impression, joke, jokes, look-up-to, mentor, mentors, mentorship, persona, quotations, quotes, respect, revere, reverence, role-model, role-models, satire, venerate, veneration
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not all underdeveloped and developing countries look up to and aspire to someday be developed countries.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children
tags: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, aspiration, aspire, axiom, axioms, boy, boys, capitalism, capitalistic, carbon-emissions, carbon-footprint, civilization, countries, country, deep, develop, developed, developed-countries, developed-country, dictum, dictums, economic-growth, economics, economies, economy, emission, environment, epigram, epigrams, first-world, funny, gdp, global-warming, gnome, gnomes, gnp, gross-domestic-product, gross-national-product, growth, humor, humorous, humour, industrialization, industrialized, industry, insightful, look-up-to, made-me-think, make-you-think, man, maxim, maxims, men, ozone-layer, philosopher, pollution, poor, poverty, profound, progress, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, rich, riches, role-model, role-models, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, second-world, south-africa, south-african, third-world, thought-provoking, thoughtful, underdeveloped, underdeveloped-countries, underdeveloped-country, wealth, wealthy
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Michael Bassey Johnson
“We go about thinking we have nobody, when in fact; we have the sun, the moon and the stars to look up to.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts
tags: alone-time, full-moon, look-up-to, midnight, night-owl, night-sky, reach-for-the-stars, solitary, stargazing, starry-night
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“We hate admiring someone we hate.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: admiration, admire, enemy, esteem, hate, hatred, high-regard, look-up-to, respect, role-model
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Most of those who look down on people who sell their bodies look up to some of those who sell their souls.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: double-standards, look-down-on, look-up-to, morality, principles, prostitute, prostitutes, prostitution, role-model, role-models
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“We tempt others to look down on us by telling them that we look up to them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: admiration, idol, idolize, idols, look-down-on, look-up-to, role-model, role-models, superiority, superiority-complex
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Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma
“Be the one for others who they can look up to; the one you too want to.”
― Vikrmn, Guru with Guitar
tags: ca-vikram-verma, chartered-accountant, guru-with-guitar, gwg, ideal, look-up-to, mentor, motivational-quotes, teacher, tpr, tune-play-repeat, vikram, vikram-verma, vikrmn
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Frank Sonnenberg
“People who look up to you watch every move that you make — so don’t let them down.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
tags: let-them-down, look-up-to, parenting, parenting-children, role-model, role-model-for-kids, role-models
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Anthony T. Hincks
“Don't be someone who only admires others. Be someone who is admired by others.”
― Anthony T. Hincks
tags: admire, anthony-t-hincks, buddha, hincks, look-up-to, philosophy, quote-of-the-day, success, vietch, well-being
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