Michael Elmore-Meegan quotes

If we are ready to tear down the walls that confine us, break the cage that imprisons us, we will discover what our wings are for. (Michael Elmore-Meegan)
Perhaps the secret of being happy is about letting go of fear, embracing energy that enriches us. Ignoring those who drain us and diminish, channeling ourselves towards goodness and positive acts. View quote
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Today we can change the future for someone, we have only to act. View quote
Michael Elmore-Meegan
Remind yourself of your vision, keep your hopes close yo your heart, be passionate about them and always, always always be true to them. View quote
Michael Elmore-Meegan
All our emotional scars and mental stress come from the pain of being fully accepted and cherished in ourselves. View quote
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The price of doing nothing is far greater than the cost of error. View quote
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All God wants of man is a compassionate heart. View quote
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Your energy is powered by your thoughts, negative thoughts drain you, loving thoughts fill you with love. View quote
Michael Elmore-Meegan
All life, every living thing is a word for God in His mystery. View quote
Michael Elmore-Meegan
The deepest and most enduring thirst common to us all is the desire for love and happiness. You and I spend a great part of our lives struggling towards self-fulfilment and joy, while at the same time we are very occupied in the daily responsibilities to our families, our work, the countless little things that absorb our time. View quote
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Everything changes when you wake up in the morning and decide to own today. It will not be taken from you by anyone else, it will be yours. (Michael Elmore-Meegan)
"The ICROSS philosophy has always been that change occurs by empowering women. You can only empower women by educating them. This was a part of our policy twenty years before it became development sector. View quote
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You may call God truth, you may call God hope. But the best name for God is love. View quote
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There is no such thing as change in international development, unless it belongs to the people who want to change. View quote
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Anxiety is often related to having to perform and act an acceptable role in order to be admitted into relationships. View quote
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Waterborne diseases kill millions every year, over 1.3 billion people have no clean water. ICROSS has provided safe drinking water to over 300 000 people through innovative ground breaking research spanning three decades. View quote
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If a young mother has a job as a secretary in a company trying to cut expenses, where they start giving her the work of two secretaries and making extra demands on her, she will do all she can to please her employers. In fact, they are causing her to worry, hurry to work and rush home late to her expectant family. Thus, pressure and demands in a business setting lead to anxiety and tension at home. This is what begins to happen in our civilization when we put profit before people, and getting work done before the feelings of those we work with. View quote
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When you are defeated it is your own attitude that is wrong. View quote
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Be quiet enough to know what to say with your actions. Never limit yourself, live the impossible, always step beyond yourself. This is what you were born to be, to become light in a world on great need. We may not be the solution, but are part of the solution. View quote
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It is in crisis we find ourselves, so when we are broken then this light is nearest to us. View quote
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That someday there will be no them and us. There will be no colour and no differences between us. There will be only one human family working together. (Michael Elmore-Meegan)
Do exactly what you would do if you felt most loved and cherished. View quote
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The biggest lie and dishonesty about change or the impact of projects is created by the lords of poverty who profit from the business and industry of aid. View quote
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To be full of things is to be empty of what matters. To be empty of things is to be full of freedom. View quote
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People can't eat our pity, dehydrated children can't drink our sorrow nor can a child be educated by our anger at injustice. No one has ever been lifted out of poverty by us being overwhelmed or shocked. The only thing that ends poverty is our actions. View quote
Michael Elmore-Meegan

Michael Elmore-Meegan

Occupation: British Humanitarian
Born: March 26, 1959
Quotes count: 50
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