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- ...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "awww!" - jack kerouac
- "don't give up. never give up. keep trying, keep trying."
- "i’m bored" is a useless thing to say. i mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? the fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say "i’m bored.” - louis c.k.
- "so, maddox, which one's older?" "...i thought they were the same age."
- "what will you be thinking when you're on your deathbed?" "what?" "will you be thinking, 'i accomplished everything that i wanted to accomplish, and now i'm going to a place i've always dreamed of' or 'i wish i had lived up to my potential'?"
- "you got to touch him?!" "yeah." "damn, i'd love to touch him..."
- "you know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
- “children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations. most of us lose this confidence as we grow up.” - sir ken robinson
- a "no" uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a "yes" merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. - gandhi
- a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. - erin majors
- a dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. you must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown. - denis waitley
- a good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. - nelson mandela
- a great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - walter gagehot
- a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. - christopher reeve
- a hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. - ralph waldo emerson
- a life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but also more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - george bernard shaw
- a lion (rawr), a dragon (fire), a unicorn (horn), and an ox (ox). - alex slater
- a man has to have goals – for a day, for a lifetime – and that was mine, to have people say, "there goes ted williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived." - ted williams
- a man is what he thinks about all day long. - ralph waldo emerson
- a person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. - shirley maclaine
- a reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. the man who never reads lives only one.” - george r.r. martin
- a smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. - charles gord
- a society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. - greek proverb
- a strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. — joyce brothers
- a writer never has a vacation. for a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing. - eugene ionesco
- a writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter. - e.b. white
- ability is what you're capable of doing. motivation determines what you do. attitude determines how well you do it.
- above all, have a good time. if you aren't enjoying writing it, you can hardly expect someone else to enjoy reading it. - tom robbins
- accept what you cannot change and change what you cannot accept.
- act as if what you do makes a difference. it does. - william hames
- age is no guarantee of maturity. - lawana blackwell
- age may wrinkle the face, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. - unknown
- all glory comes from daring to begin. - eugene f. ware
- all it takes is all you got. - unknown
- all our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. - walt disney
- all that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. - james allen
- all that i am, or hope to be, i owe to my angel mother. - abraham lincoln
- all the happiness you ever find lies in you. - unknown
- all things are difficult before they are easy. - thomas fuller
- although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. - helen keller
- always look forward to something and you will never be bored. - garrett byrnes
- always remember that the future comes one day at a time. - dean acheson
- an ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words. - meisner
- any fool can criticise, complain, condemn, and most fools do. - anonymous
- art is not what you see, but what you make others see. - edgar degas
- as a hardcore hoarder - today is one of the most difficult days of my life. i'm learning to throw things away. i love finding stuff and going through all the memories. i want to be able to do it over and over... but i'm doing this. it's good. i just have to remind myself that these memories will be with me even if i don't have physical proof of them ever happening. - promy chawdury
- as a music lover, if it looks good, you'll see it. if it sounds good, you'll hear it. if it's marketed right, you'll buy it. but if it's real, you'll feel it. - kid rock
- as long as these pants are square, and this sponge is bob, i will never let you down! - spongebob
- as you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. - ernest hemingway
- baseball is an allegorical play about america, a poetic, complex, and subtle play of courage, fear, good luck, mistakes, patience about fate, and sober self-esteem. - saul steinberg
- baseball? it’s just a game - as simple as a ball and a bat. yet, as complex as the american spirit it symbolizes. it’s a sport, business - and sometimes even a religion. - ernie harwell
- be brave. take risks. nothing can substitute experience. - paulo coelho
- be so good they can't ignore you. - steve martin
- be so happy that when others look at you, they become happy too.
- be stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods.
- be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter won't mind. - dr. seuss
- being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet. - anonymous
- being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - lao tzu
- being single doesn't mean you're weak, it means you're strong enough to wait for what you really deserve.
- believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things. - joe paterno
- believe in yourself and all that you are. know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. - christian d. larson
- better three hours too soon than a minute too late. - william shakespeare
- but i loved the library simply because it was a library. i love libraries. i like reading, but i love libraries. being surrounded by books makes me feel safe, the way some people need trees or mountains around them to feel secure. not me – nature’s not what i cling to. i cling to books. - emily wing smith
- certain things catch your eye. but pursue only those that capture your heart. - old indian saying
- character cannot grow without failure. only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - helen keller
- character is more important than intelligence for success. - gilberte beaux
- choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. - confucius
- christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. - norman vincent peale
- circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. - james allen
- claire and layne are homie bros, yo.
- courage doesn't always roar. sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "i will try again tomorrow."
- courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. the brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. - the princess diaries
- dance as if no one were watching. sing as is no one were listening. and live every day as if it were your last.
- dare to stretch your faith. God has so much more in store for you. he wants to take you beyond the places of your hopes and dreams.
- determine never to be idle. no person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. it is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. - thomas jefferson
- develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading. - annie proulx
- discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. - jim rohn
- do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can. - john wesley
- do not fear the winds of adversity. remember: a kite rises against the wind rather than with it.
- do you know what my favorite part of the game is? the opportunity to play. - mike singletary
- do you know what my favorite part of the game is? the opportunity to play. - mike singletary
- don't cry because it's over. smile because it happened. - dr. seuss
- don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do. - john wooden
- don't run away from a challenge. instead run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. - nadia comaneci
- don't think about what could go wrong, think about what could go right.
- don't worry about anything. worrying never solved anything. all it does is distort your mind. - milton garland
- don’t ask what the world needs. ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. because what the world needs is people who have come alive. - howard thurman
- don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself. — alice walker
- don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills. don’t wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom. - jim rohn
- dream a little, smile a little, laugh a lot.
- dreams are extremely important. you can't do it unless you imagine it. - george lucas
- effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. - napoleon hill
- every artist was first an amateur. - ralph waldo emerson
- every day holds the possibility of a miracle. - elizabeth david
- every happening, great & small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. - malcolm muggeridge
- every moment is an experience. - jake roberts
- every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind. - ralph waldo emerson
- every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. - oscar wilde
- everyday is a blank canvas, be proud to put your signature on the bottom of the work you created today.
- everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. - confucius
- experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
- failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. - henry ford
- failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely. - unknown
- failure is success if we learn from it. - malcolm forbes
- faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you don't see.
- follow your bliss. - joseph campbell
- follow your passion, follow your heart, and the things you need will come. - elizabeth taylor
- for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. - nietzsche
- for when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes—not that you won or lost — but how you played the Game. - grantland rice
- get up very early and get going at once, in fact, work first and wash afterwards. - w.h. auden
- give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. - marilyn monroe
- go after your dream, no matter how unattainable others think it is. - linda mastandrea
- goals are dreams with deadlines.
- goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. they are essential to really keep us alive. - robert schuller
- good, better, best. never let it rest. until your good is better and your better is best. - tim duncan
- great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. it enhances everybody. - kareem abdul jabbar
- great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance. - samuel johnson
- happiness is inward and not outward; and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. - henry van dyke
- have death - j-lu
- he who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day... needs to reorganize his life. - george m. adams
- he who fights can lose. he who doesn't fight has already lost.
- he who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. - friedrich nietzsche
- here's to the crazy ones. the misfits. the rebels. the troublemakers. the round pegs in the square holes. the ones who see things differently. they're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for status-quo. you can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. but the only thing you can't do is ignore them. because they change things. they push the human race forward. and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. because people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. - steve jobs
- heroes get remembered, but legends never die.
- hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. - henry ward beecher
- how to get a girl: a lecture - by nick maronde and brian johnson
- how we relate to each other, how we live, what you have in your heart for eternity, how you're responding to God, that's the important thing. - tony dungy
- humor is a universal language. - joel goodman
- i always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. the front page has nothing but man's failures. - earl warren
- i became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world. — henry luce
- i can only write when it's dark, so basically, my whole day is spent waiting for it to get dark. - david sedaris
- i can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. - john d. rockefeller jr.
- i can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. - lou holtz
- i cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. - voltaire
- i consider those are rich who are doing something they feel worthwhile and which they enjoy doing. - eleanor roosevelt
- i don't mind getting beaten but i hate to lose. - reggie jackson
- i expect to pass through this life but once. therefore, if there be any kindness i can show, or any good thing i can do for another human being, let me do it now, for i shall not pass this way again. - william penn
- i have accepted the fact that the world is full of critics. they play no ball, they fight no fights, they make no mistakes because the attempt nothing. they sit back and criticize the doers of the world, who make many mistakes, because they attempt many things. - steve spurrier
- i have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
- i have no special talent. i am only passionately curious. -albert einstein
- i hope you live a life you’re proud of. if you find that you’re not, i hope you have the strength to start all over again. - f. scott fitzgerald
- i know what i want, i have a goal, i have opinions, a religion and love. - anne frank
- i like drinking coffee alone and reading alone. i like riding the bus alone and walking home alone. it gives me time to think and set my mind free. i like eating alone and listening to music alone. but when i see a mother with her child, a girl with her lover, or a friend laughing with their best friend, i realize that even though i like being alone, i don’t fancy being lonely. the sky is beautiful, but the people are sad. i just need someone who won’t run away.
- i love reading another reader’s list of favorites. even when i find i do not share their tastes or predilections, i am provoked to compare, contrast, and contradict. it is a most healthy exercise, and one altogether fruitful. - t.s. eliot
- i may not have gone where i intended to go, but i think i have ended up where i needed to be. - douglas adams
- i once took a journalism course. they told me if i put everything in a certain order i would be a journalist. - wells twombly
- i think we are a product of all our experiences. - sanford i. weill
- i trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it. - oprah
- i was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. - edgar allen poe
- i'd rather be a failure in something that i love than a success in something that i hate. - george burns
- i’ve probably learned more about coaching in the last 24 hours than I had in the last four years. - sully
- ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells they occupied. - arnold h. glasow
- if a man does his best, what else is there? - george patton
- if a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away. - henry david thoreau
- if not us, who? if not now, when? - unknown
- if they can make penicillin out of moldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. - muhammad ali
- if we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires. - abigail van buren
- if we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives. - lemony snicket
- if you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. - katherine hepburn
- if you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. - nora roberts
- if you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion. - mia hamm
- if you don't want to be the best, then there's no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything. - joe montana
- if you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. - michael jackson
- if you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough. - meddigo message
- if you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. - vincent van gogh
- if you quit now, it’ll be something you’ll do for the rest of your life. you become a loser if you quit. - mack brown
- if you think you are too small to make an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. - anita roddick
- if you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. - henry ford
- if you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders.
- if you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. - albert einstein
- if you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline. - lee kuan yew
- if you're born poor, it's not your mistake. but if you die poor, it's really your mistake. - donald trump
- if your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. - john quincy adams
- imagination is like a muscle. i found out that the more i wrote, the bigger it got. - philip jose farmer
- in all of life have much fun and laughter. life is to be enjoyed, not just endured. - gordon b. hinckley
- in bad times and good, i have never lost my sense of zest for life. - walt disney
- in order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first. - adora svitak
- in order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. - bill cosby
- in prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. - john bunyan
- in sportswriting, a lot of knowledge is a dangerous thing. - frank deford
- in the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope. - o. carl simonton
- in the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. - albert schweitzer
- in the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. - albert einstein
- intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. - salvador dali
- is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? pythagoras was misunderstood, and socrates, and jesus, and luther, and copernicus, and galileo, and newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. to be great is to be misunderstood. - ralph waldo emerson
- it ain't about how hard you can hit. it's about how hard you can get hit, and how much you can take, and keep moving forward. - rocky balboa
- it is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them. - agatha christie
- it is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. - seneca
- it is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. - jackie joyner-kersee
- it is not how big you are, it's how big you play. - unknown
- it is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing. - mother teresa
- it is not the size of a man, but the size of his heart that matters. - evander holyfield
- it is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - charles darwin
- it is so cool to look back at our life and see how God was weaving it when we had no idea He was at work.
- it is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger. - theodore roosevelt
- it is your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude. - zig ziglar
- it isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want. - richard d. rosen
- it requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them. - j. petit senn
- it's better to have a great team than a team of greats. - simon sinek
- it's not about offense or defense; it's about who you're playing for, what you're representing. - coach k
- it's not how good you are. it's how good you want to be. - paul arden
- it's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. - john wooden
- it's not the will to win that matters - everyone has that. it's the will to prepare to win that matters. - paul "bear" bryant
- it's not who you are that holds you back. it's who you think you're not. - denis waitley
- it's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important. - pat riley
- itching is a sensation. - mr. romero
- jealousy will eat you alive if you let it. don't watch others live their life - live yours!
- keep people in your life that challenge you to be a better you. iron sharpens iron. dull blades lose battles. - lecrae
- leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow. - vince lombardi
- leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the hearts and souls of men and getting them to believe in you. - eddie robinson
- let's face it. i'm hotter than you. - jacob black
- life is a song. love is the music.
- life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. - charlie chaplin
- life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
- life is simple. are you happy? yes? keep going. no? change something. - unknown
- life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. - lou holtz
- live well. laugh often. love much.
- love implies anger. the man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. - edward abbey
- luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer. - unknown
- make it a point to do something everyday that you find challenging and apply yourself to be the best. - david brannon
- making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level. - peter drucker
- man is a goal-seeking animal. his life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. - aristotle
- many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - thomas edison
- maybe I was born to play ball. maybe i truly was. - willie mays
- maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. maybe they need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them. - carrie bradshaw
- maybe you just have to live for the small things, like being called pretty or someone picking up the pen you dropped or laughing so hard that your stomach hurts. maybe that's all that really matters at the end of the day. - tianna kavanagh
- memoir is not an act of history but an act of memory, which is innately corrupt. - mary karr
- mental toughness can take you to the top, and mental weakness straight to the bottom. - john schiefer
- most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. - stephen r. covey
- my mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. - maya angelou
- never apologize for having high standards. people who really want to be in your life will rise up to meet them.
- never be bullied into silence. never allow yourself to be made a victim. accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. - harvey fierstein
- never give up on something you can't go a day without thinking about.
- never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams.
- never let your memories be greater than your dreams. - doug ivester
- never put off writing until you are better at it. - gary henderson
- no handcuffs can contain me. - steve carell in get smart
- nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. - thomas carlyle
- nothing is difficult under the sun if only one has determination.
- nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. - henry ford
- nothing that's worthwhile is ever easy. remember that. - nicholas sparks
- numbers simply do not interest me or seem as real to me as words. - peter cameron
- of course anyone who truly loves books buys more of them than he or she can hope to read in one fleeting lifetime. a good book, resting unopened in its slot on a shelf, full of majestic potentiality, is the most comforting sort of intellectual wallpaper.- david quammen
- on 7/27/07, allen yang <jediyang@gmail.com> wrote: there are 5 meanings of life: it is to thrive. it is to breathe. it is to create. it is to balance. it is to consume cheese.
- on this team, we are all united in one common goal - to keep my job. - lou holtz
- one day in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. - sigmund freud
- one of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something. - nolan ryan
- one of the greatest discoveries a man makes... is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. - henry ford
- one of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on christmas day. don't clean it up too quickly. - andy rooney
- one person with passion is better than forty people merely interested. - e.m. forester
- only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot. - italian proverb
- open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. - dalai lama
- opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - thomas edison
- optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. nothing can be done without hope and confidence. - helen keller
- our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us. - john n. mitchell
- our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. - h. jackson brown jr.
- our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. - confucius
- our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - mlk
- out of clutter, find simplicity. from discord, find harmony. in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - albert einstein
- pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. - unknown
- passion is knowing what you want and never stopping until you have it.
- passion. it lies in all of us. sleeping… waiting… and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir… open its jaws and howl. it speaks to us… guides us. passion rules us all. and we obey. what other choice do we have? passion is the source of our finest moments. the joy of love… the clarity of hatred… the ecstasy of grief. it hurts sometimes more than we can bear. if we could live without passion, maybe we’d know some kind of peace. but we would be hollow. empty rooms, shuttered and dank. without passion, we’d be truly dead. - joss whedon
- people complain that life's unfair. i know it's true, but i'm actually trying to grasp the concept that life really isn't fair. honestly, it's too fair. we should be grateful we're not dealt the life we truly deserve. we don't even know fair. we've never even experienced it. people just always want things better than what they have at the moment and they will keep saying it's not fair until they get it. but if you're always wanting more, then your "fair" will never come.
- people of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit, - george e. allen
- people who want to appear clever, rely on memory. people who want to get things done, make lists.
- perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. - vince lombardi
- perserverance is a great element of success. if you knock long and loud enough at the gate, you're sure to wake up somebody.
- positive anything is better than negative thinking. - elbert hubbard
- positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. - ron jaworski
- put in the time. - sue grafton
- put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.
- quality is never an accident. it is always the result of intelligent effort. - john ruskin
- quiet people have the loudest minds. - stephen hawking
- read at the level at which you want to write. - jennifer egan
- rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please. - pythagoras
- rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
- satan has two ways to destroy your faith: 1. pain 2. pleasure. he can make it so painful you curse God or so pleasurable you forget Him. - J. Piper
- see yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ. - les brown
- set yourself up for success and anything is possible. - unknown
- setting a goal is not the main thing. it is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan. - tom landry
- she didn't know it couldn't be done, so she went ahead and did it. - mary s. almanac
- smile at least twenty four times each and every day. - philip arnold
- some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in texas is called walking. - george w. bush
- some people are put on this earth to be lessons.
- some things fall apart so that better things can come together.
- somehow i can't believe there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. this special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four c's. they are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy and the greatest of these is confidence. when you believe a thing, believe it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably. - walt disney
- sometimes I’m terrified of my heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants. the way it stops and starts. - edgar allan poe
- sometimes the most real things in this world are the things we can't see.
- somewhere behind the athlete you have become, the hours of practice, the coaches who push you, and the fans who cheer for you, is a little girl who fell in love with the sport and never looked back. i play for her.
- spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting. - mother teresa
- statistics are like bikinis; they show a lot but not everything. - lou piniella
- stay true to yourself and listen to your inner voice. it will lead you to your dream. - james ross
- success is a journey, not a destination. the doing is often more important than the outcome. - arthur ashe
- success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. - john wooden
- success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration. - evan esar
- success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. - zig ziglar
- take care of your body. it's the only place you have to live. — jim rohn
- taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic. - rosalind russell
- talent is God-given. be humble. fame is man-made. be thankful. vanity is self-given. be careful. — john wooden
- tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it. - w. clement stone
- the 6 w's: work will win when wishing won't. - todd blackledge
- the best and most beautiful things in life cannot be seen, not touched, but are felt in the heart. - helen keller
- the best motivation always comes from within. - michael johnson
- the central dilemma in journalism is that you don’t know what you don’t know. — bob woodward
- the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. - jimmy johnson
- the difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. - tommy lasorda
- the grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. - allan k. chalmers
- the greatest achievement is to outperform yourself. - denis waitley
- the greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. - elbert hubbard
- the greek ideal was that sports should be preparation for life in general. - roger bannister
- the heart of christmas is the heart of god.
- the indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. - ben stein
- the joyful news that He has risen does not change the contemporary world. still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. but the fact of easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice. - henry knox sherrill
- the key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. - stephen covey
- the man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. - roger bannister
- the man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. - mark twain
- the measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. - plutarch
- the mightiest works have been accomplished by men who have kept their ability to dream great dreams. - walter bowie
- the mightiest works have been accomplished by men who have kept their ability to dream great dreams. - walter bowie
- the more you read, the more you know. the more you know, the smarter you grow. the smarter you grow, the stronger your voice when speaking your mind or making your choice.
- the most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move. - john wooden
- the most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in. - morrie schwartz
- the most important things in life are not things!
- the most wasted of all days is one without laughter. - e.e. cummings
- the ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves. - mike ditka
- the only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life is the will to try it and the faith to believe it's possible. - rich devos
- the past cannot be changed. the future is yet in your power. - mary pickford
- the person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. - johann wolfgang von goethe
- the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. he may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live. - leo f. buscaglia
- the price of excellence is discipline. the cost of mediocrity is disappointment. - william arthur ward
- the purpose of our lives is to be happy. - dalai lama
- the question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. - ayn rand
- the road to success is not straight. there is a curb called failure, a loop called confusion, speed bumps called friends, red lights called family. you will have flats called jobs. but if you have a spare called determination, an engine called perseverance; insurance called faith, and a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called success!
- the rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - thomas henry huxley
- the secret of getting ahead is getting started. - sally berger
- the Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God. - c.s. lewis
- the spiritual traveller walks a path invisible to mere humanity. - philip arnold
- the superior man blames himself. the inferior man blames others. - don shula
- the toughest losses make the strongest teams.
- the tragedy of life does not lie in reaching your goal. the tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. - benjamin mays
- the two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last. - moira rogers
- the two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day when you find out why. - mark twain
- the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - mlk
- the whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology. - bernard malamud
- the woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. the woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. - albert einstein
- the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. - diane arbus
- the world is but a canvas to the imagination. - henry david thoreau
- the worst regret you can have in life is not the wrong things you did, but for the things you did not do.
- there are 3 kinds of people in the world. people who make things happen. people who watch things happen and people who say “what happened?”
- there are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid. - katherine paterson
- there are known knowns. these are things we know that we know. there are known unknowns. that is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. but there are also unknown unknowns. there are things we don't know we don't know. - donald rumsfeld
- there are no gains without pains. - adlai stevenson
- there are no secrets to success. it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. - colin l. powell
- there are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. - oscar wilde
- there are so many people that use 'following your dreams' as an excuse to not work, when in reality, following your dreams, successfully, is nothing but work. - brandon stanton from HONY
- there are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning. - christopher morley
- there can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. - j.h. vincent
- there is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, 'we will never give up. we will never capitulate. it might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail." - jim collins
- there is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. - nelson mandela
- there is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. - french proverb
- there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. - shakespeare
- there is nothing more beautiful than seeing a person being themselves. imagine going through your day being unapologetically you. - steve maraboli
- there is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man, true nobility is being superior to your former self. - ernest hemingway
- there is only one trait that marks the writer. he is always watching. it’s a kind of trick of mind and he is born with it. - morley callaghan
- there may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do. - derek jeter
- there's a difference between having swagger and being so full of yourself that you're annoying to be around because every word out of your mouth is about how great you are. - derek jeter
- there's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored. - bill cartwright
- there's only one person that carries the ball right here! - tim tebow
- there’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. - the perks of being a wallflower
- things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. - abraham lincoln
- think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. - anne frank
- this class is like charades. - ray
- this is the final test of a gentleman; his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. - william lyon phelps
- those who can adapt to change are those who will continue to grow. - justin ramalho
- to be a great champion you must believe you are the best. if you're not, pretend you are.
- to forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity. - nietzsche
- to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. - steve prefontaine
- to live is the rarest thing in the world. most people exist, that is all. - oscar wilde
- to tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal... is the secret of success. - anna pavlova
- try not to become a man of success but a man of value. - albert einstein
- twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. so throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbor. catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover. - mark twain
- use what talents you possess, the woods will be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. - henry van dyke
- we are all like spoiled children no longer impressed with gifts we're given - it's just another sunset, just another rainstorm moving in over the mountain, just another child being born, just another funeral. - donald miller
- we become attached to what's familiar and sometimes we hold onto things that are safe and predictable, even if they are bad for us.
- we do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing. - oliver wendell holmes
- we make our own fortunes and call them fate. - benjamin disraeli
- we must find time to stop and thank the people who have made a difference in our lives. - dan zadra
- we should never be afraid to ask God for uncommon blessings. He holds the world in His hands. nothing is too big for Him.
- we tend to judge others by their behavior, and ourselves by our intentions. - albert. f schlieder
- we will never understand what he endured. - marlon jackson
- we’d forgive most things if we knew the facts. — graham greene
- wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive. - gordon lish
- what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. - ralph waldo emerson
- what volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver. - edward james olmos
- what we are is God's gift to us. what we become is our gift to God. - eleanor powell
- what we are is God's gift to us. what we become is our gift to God. - louis nizer
- what you seek is seeking you. - rumi
- when a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible. - nido qubein
- when it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - confucius
- when life hands you chances, take them or else they will become wasted regrets.
- when people used to see wake forest on the schedule, they used a pen to mark down a `W.' we're at the point now where we at least make them use a pencil. - jim grobe
- when someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. but if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them. - lemony snicket
- when something bad happens, you have 3 choices: you can either let it define you, destroy you, or let it strengthen you.
- when the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray. - rumi
- when you can't change the direction of the wind - adjust your sails. - h. jackson brown jr.
- when you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. for the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps. - john lennon
- when you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. when you love someone, you love them with their faults. - elizabeth cameron
- when your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. on the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. keep believing. - bo schembechler
- wherever you go, go with all your heart. - confucius
- whoever said "it's not whether you win or lose that counts" probably lost. - martina navratilova
- winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second. - bear bryant
- wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - plato
- without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. - lou holtz
- worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. - corrie ten boom
- writers talk too much. - lillian hellman
- writing is a ridiculous thing to do for money. - gish jen
- writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public. - paulo coelho
- yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream. - kahlil gibran
- yesterday is gone. tomorrow has not yet come. we have only today. - mother teresa
- yesterday was. tomorrow may be. only today is.
- you are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. - c. s. lewis
- you are the books you read the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. you are what you take from these. you are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner. you are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. you are every single second of every single day. so drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. let the words run through your veins and let the colours fill your mind. - jac vanek
- you can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. - ayn rand
- you can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.
- you can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. - plato
- you can learn little from victory, you can learn everything from defeat. - christy mathewson
- you can never do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late. - ralph waldo emerson
- you can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones. - dale earnhardt
- you cannot outrun me, i am black! - get him to the greek
- you cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations. - zig ziglar
- you don't have a soul. you are a soul. you have a body. - c.s. lewis
- you don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. - f. scott fitzgerald
- you have enemies? good. that means you've stood up for something sometime in your life. - winston churchill
- you have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against. - laurie halse anderson
- you just can't beat the person who never gives up. - babe ruth
- you may delay, but time will not. - benjamin franklin
- you may find, after a time, that having is not nearly as pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. it is not logical, but it is often true. - spock
- you may not end up where you thought you were going... but you will always end up where you were meant to be..." - father ignacio
- you need the devotion to your work that a priest of God has for his. - ernest hemingway
- you see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. - jim bouton
- you're only as tall as your heart will let you be, and you're only as small as the world will make you seem.
- your life may be the only bible some people read. - unknown
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