Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
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Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have been, which is when I have been midly manic. When I am my present "normal" self, I am far removed from when I have been my liveliest, most productive, most intense, most outgoing and effervescent. In sort, for myself, I am a hard act to follow.
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
In this world you've a soul for a compass_x000D_ _x000D_ And a heart for a pair of wings_x000D_ _x000D_ There's a star on the far horizon_x000D_ _x000D_ Rising bright in an azure sky_x000D_ _x000D_ For the rest of the time that you're given_x000D_ _x000D_ Why walk when you can fly?
The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.
After the verb 'to Love', 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world.
We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek to the avoid suffering by deceiving and humiliating other people. We must try to achieve happiness and eliminate suffering by being good-hearted and well-behaved.
I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.
You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
It's not enough to do your best; you must know what to do & then do your best.
Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.
I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.
Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.
I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge.
My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
Some of us are returning to sanity, because we're tired of the pain. We're in a hurry. No time to mess around.
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