My parents never told me about Papa's lung cancer or the desperate nature of the operations he was about to undergo, which were a last-ditch effort to contain the spread of his cancer. Beverly Sills More Quotes by Beverly Sills More Quotes From Beverly Sills You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. Beverly Sills motivationalpositiveinspirational There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Sills motivationalpositiveinspirational Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality. Beverly Sills bossanxietyreality A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down. Beverly Sills inner-peacecheerfulhappiness There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going. Beverly Sills shortcuts Art is the signature of civilizations. Beverly Sills acceptanceinspirationalart I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not - more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving. Beverly Sills maturityfeel-betterlove Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound. Beverly Sills beautifulmeaningfuldrama I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts. Beverly Sills blamecreditinspirational In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. Beverly Sills getting-oldertimerunning I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up. Beverly Sills motivationsuccessinspirational Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else. Beverly Sills attachmentspirituallove Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice. Beverly Sills direct-effectindulge-inart Just sing it. Don't prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you'll lose. Beverly Sills prove-itknowstrying A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. Beverly Sills environmentalperceptionart There is something in me-I just can't stand to admit defeat. Beverly Sills defeat Don't get me started on critics. Beverly Sills critics I can't be happy every day but I can be cheerful. Beverly Sills cheerfulnesscheerfuli-can When you're in love, the whole world is Jewish. Beverly Sills whole-worldwholeworld It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them Beverly Sills one-loveimportant
