Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Wooden

The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake.

Joe DiMaggio

You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,' then your body says, 'Who me?'

Poul Anderson

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

Neil Simon

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Layne Beachley

There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can't. What you've got to do is turn around and say 'watch me'.

Linda Hamilton

Feel the power of your legs, hear the orchestra playing, see the audience - anything to make the image more real. The image has to be specific. You can't just say to yourself, 'I'll do my best.' You have to have a mental blueprint of that role in your mind.

Pele

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

Pema Chodron

How will we experience the world a month, a year, or five years from now? Will we be even angrier, more grasping and fearful, or will some shift have occurred? This depends entirely on the tendencies we reinforce today.

Kobe Bryant

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

Brianna Schooley

I've seen the video and still can't believe it. I will always remember the cheering and how great it felt when I scored with 1:28 left to play. That moment will always be very special to me.

Tad Perry

I've worked carefully with our internal people to make sure we follow the open meetings laws. I believe we did in this case.

Tiger Woods

I've won four and, I tell you what, it's hard to believe really, just because it's the Masters. This is something every kid dreams of playing in, and, hopefully, one day even winning it. To have the opportunity to win four already is the thrill of the lifetime.

Mitch Lasky

I've witnessed first hand the impact the Benchmark team has had on new ventures, and I believe their commitment to the entrepreneur and dedication to building companies of lasting value really set the firm apart.

Luke Donald

I've still got to believe that I can (win). If I play really great golf, then I've got a chance to win around here.

Amanda Crew

I've never seen any ghost, but I definitely believe that there's some sort of something spiritual out there. I mean, there has to be.

Turner Stevenson

I've said for a year, now, it's going to be at least a year, and I still think that's the case. No Stanley Cup handed out this year. Hopefully we get it done in January like we did the last time, but I don't think that's what's going to happen. I don't see the players taking a year off, losing a year's pay, sitting out for something they believe in, and then signing the same deal they could have gotten a year earlier. That's not going to happen.

Walter Willett

It would be a huge misinterpretation to believe that it doesn't matter what we eat to prevent heart disease and cancer.

Matti Vanhanen

It would be more correct to say that the EU is in difficulties. I am not taking issue with whether or not there are problems in the leadership ... I do not necessarily believe in an authoritarian style of leadership where democracy is concerned

Earl Nightingale

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.

Richard Lugar

As a practical matter, every immigrant needs to master English to be a full participating citizen and to have full economic opportunity.

Samuel Alito

In southern Italy, where my grandparents had lived, there were few opportunities. The society was static, with rigid social classes. Poor people, like my grandparents, had little chance to improve their lives, no matter their talents or willingness to work.

T. Harv Eker

Get really rich and then help the people who didn't have the opportunity you did.

T. D. Jakes

I think it's important that when you're bringing something to the table that you're sure has value, that you don't diminish yourself just so that you can have an opportunity.

T. D. Jakes

I have certain standards for myself so if something drops beneath that standard or if the opportunity doesn't fit who I am authentically at my core - I don't invest time where my brand isn't respected or where what I have to offer isn't appreciated.

Taylor Dane

To me, it was about finding new opportunities. I know my voice touches people. It has for years. I can't give that up.

Rick Santorum

I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.

Tony Blair

If you don't see the Internet as an opportunity, it will become a threat. In two or three year's time, the Internet will become as commonplace in the office as the telephone.