I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth
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I never ask for nothin' I don't demand of myself. Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth
We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!!
Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
They tell me what to wear, how to look, what I should say, how I should be. Until recently I had given into that pressure, I lost sight of who I was. I listened to opinions of people and I tried to change who I am because I thought others would accept me for it. And I realized I don't know how to be anything but myself.
When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise in response to the question, ‘What is the best I can do under the given circumstances?’
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
It is difficult to feel accomplished when you're not accomplishing something that matters to you. Doing something 'for your own good' is rarely for your own good if it causes you to be less than who you really are.
We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colors and beauty, two feet which walk on the road of life, two hands to work for us, a nose which smells the beauty of fragrance, and two ears to hear the words of love.
I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life.
Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
Hold on to your own ideal. . . . Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees say, "boss" others. Be the servant of all.
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
I reassured my mother that it didn’t matter to me if my face was not symmetrical. Me, who had always cared about my appearance, how my hair looked! But when you see death, things change. “It doesn’t matter if I can’t smile or blink properly,” I told her. “I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.
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