V. Mata

“I will never be OK with losing, but losing in the wrong way, losing with regret, can take your pride away. I’ve never chosen to lose that way.”
― Ronda Rousey, My Fight / Your Fight

“If you try to observe the world for long enough through the perfect lens, then one day it will surely settle permanently into place, and then every object is a still life. You live in the moments between blinks.”
― Jeff Johnson, Tattoo Machine: Tall Tales, True Stories, and My Life in Ink

“We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”
― Thurgood Marshall

“There are many urgent things in our lives each day, but the most important things are hardly ever urgent. That’s why we need to identify them, give them priority, and place them at the center of our lives.”
― Power of Moms, Deliberate Motherhood: 12 Key Powers of Peace, Purpose, Order & Joy