Top Quotes Be ready for when your time comes, you will have that window of opportunity, so seize the moment and capitalise on it. Anthony Anderson momentsopportunitywindow I do feel that both visual artists and writers look out at the world in a similar way, and wonder at what they see. They want to record the visual world in their own, distinctive ways. We could call it "attention to detail," which also makes a good carpenter, for instance. To be what Emerson called the "transparent eyeball" (which is a phrase that makes me a little queasy) is a noble quest, I feel. It's a quest for honesty, and as Frost put it, a momentary stay against confusion. If I had more talent and courage, I would still love to be a painter. Connie Wanek honestyconfusionartist There's not too many shows with, you know, mid 20s male lead on it. And I thought that would be obviously something to go for The Listener. Craig Olejnik A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times. Dan Devine teamteamworkinspirational Baseball is the only sport that lets the managers and coaches go out onto the field and rant and rave Durwood Merrill fieldsbaseballsports In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill. Eileen Favorite millsrunningfiction It doesn't matter if you want to be in the NFL or do something else. If you want something great, you won't get it sitting around. Eric Dickerson nflwant-somethingsitting I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything. George Herbert Palmer teenagerlearninginspirational In a way, forgiving is only for the brave. It is for those people who are willing to confront their pain, accept themselves as permanently changed, and make difficult choices. Forgivers are not content to be stuck in a quagmire. They reject the possibility that the rest of their lives will be determined by the unjust and injurious acts of another person. Gordon Dalbey difficult-choicespainpeople From our best qualities come our worst. From our urge to pull together comes our tendency to tear each other apart. From our devotion to a higher good comes our propensity to the foulest atrocities. From our commitment to ideals comes our excuse to hate. Since the beginning of history, we have been blinded by evil's ability to don a selfless disguise. We have failed to see that our finest qualities often lead us to the actions we most abhor, murder, torture, genocide and war. Howard Bloom hatewarcommitment We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years. John Bright great-depressionagricultureyears A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. John J. Pershing troopsvisionleadership I said that one of the causes, and the one that has created more excitement and dissatisfaction than any other, is, that the Government will not hereafter, and when it is necessary, interpose to protect slaves as property in the Territories; and I asked the Senator if he would abandon his squatter-sovereignty notions and agree to protect slaves as all other property? Louis Wigfall territorygovernmentwar It takes ten thousand hours to truly master anything. Time spent leads to experience; experience leads to proficiency; and the more proficient you are the more valuable you'll be. Malcolm Gladwell valuablehoursmasters You're never fully dressed without a smile. Martin Charnin smilefashionhappiness Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long. Michael Gungor being-humantryinglong The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "Indeed, an ignorant man who is generous is dearer to God than a worshipper who is miserly." Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi ignorantpositivemen I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Stephen Covey motivationalinspirationallife Early on, I learnt from the Russian intelligentsia that the only meaning of life lies in conscious participation in the making of history. The more I think of that, the more deeply true it seems to be. It follows that one must range oneself actively against everything that diminishes man, and involve oneself in all struggles which tend to liberate and enlarge him. This categorical imperative is by no way lessened by the fact that such an involvement is inevitably soiled by error: it is a worse error merely to live for oneself, caught within traditions which are soiled by inhumanity. Victor Serge strugglemenlying I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments. William Lilly starsdivinebelieve
