Quotes by Gold Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity. Allan Sloan columns mediocrity gold I focused solely on the sprints, dedicated my time there, got in the weight room, just really did everything I could to make sure I would be in the best position to run for gold. Allyson Felix gold would-be running ZEUS /n./ The chief of Grecian gods, adored by the Romans as Jupiter and by the modern Americans as God, Gold, Mob and Dog. Ambrose Bierce jupiter gold dog PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver. Ambrose Bierce vegetables gold tree It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate. Ambrose church soul gold It's not about speed and gold medals. It's about refusing to be stopped. Amby Burfoot speed gold running In any adversity gold can find friends. Amelia Barr adversity gold It’s true that someone will always say that good and evil don’t exist: that is a person who has never had any dealings with real evil. Good is far less convincing than evil, but it’s because their chemical structures are different. Like gold, good is never found in a pure state in nature: it therefore doesn’t seem impressive. It has the unfortunate tendency not to act; it prefers, passively, to be seen. Amelie Nothomb real gold evil When I can see my face in it [the liquid gold in the crucible] then it is pure. Amy Carmichael crucible gold faces I am a firm believer that every few years one needs to shake one's life through a sieve, like a miner in the Yukon. The gold nuggets remain. The rest falls through like the soft earth it is. Amy Poehler gold years fall I felt like a rich vagabond who had passed through the world paving my way with gold fairy dust, then realizing too late that the path disintegrated as soon as I passed over it. Amy Tan vagabonds dust gold In America time was gold; in Bangladesh, corrugated tin. Amy Waldman tin gold america The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love. Anais Nin alchemist magic gold gold never comes to the dreamers - except in dreams. Anais Nin dreamer gold dream Poetry is the alchemy which teaches us to convert ordinary materials into gold. Anais Nin alchemy gold ordinary The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it were empty. Andre Gide empty pieces gold You have a heart of gold and I am kneeling in your bloodstream panning for the only thing that has ever felt like home. Andrea Gibson gold home heart It is the job of the market to turn the base material of our emotions into gold. Andrei Codrescu emotion gold jobs You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don't go into the mine looking for the dirt-you go in looking for the gold. Andrew Carnegie gold way moving Were all the worshippers of the gold calf to memorialize me and request a restoration of the deposits I would cut my right hand from my body before I would do such an act. The gold calf may be worshipped by others but as for myself I serve the Lord. Andrew Jackson cutting gold hands «1234567891011»