Famous Quotes & Sayings

William A. Ward

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible.

Bhagavad Gita

A disciplined person, enjoying sense objects with senses that are under control and free from likes and dislikes, attains tranquillity.

Bill Vaughn

When a fellow you knew in school attains some lofty public office, you're glad for his sake - but somewhat apprehensive for the future of the country

Clare Luce

Lying increases the creative faculties . . . It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that it falls so short of in fact and in deeds.

Bhagavad Gita

Persons of firm resolve worship Me with ever steadfast devotion by always singing My glories, striving to attain Me, and prostrating before Me.

Christopher Morley

Poetry, men attain By subtler pain More flagrant in the brain - An honesty unfeigned, A heart unchained, A madness well restrained

Rig Veda

Only the person having firm conviction and iron volition can attain strength and energy. At no stage of Karma does he ever hesitate.

Atharva Veda

One, who does not cast evil eyes on her 'own' house... who does not have malevolence towards her husband... giver of joy....seeker of family's welfare...who treads on the righteous path... gives happiness to all... serves all... gives birth to good sons... keeps her brother-in-laws satisfied and gives nourishing food...May such a wife help us attain prosperity.

Bhagavad Gita

For the wise who seeks to attain yoga (of meditation or the equanimity of mind), Karma-yoga is said to be the means; for the one who has attained yoga, the equanimity becomes the means (of Self-Realization).

Mark Changizi

Company logos, for example, are meant to be recognized, and we found that logos have a high correlation. Shorthand systems, which are meant to give a note-taker speed at the expense of a commonly recognizable system of symbols, do not.

Robert H. Connelly

We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . he that comes last is commonly best.

Jake Peavy

I couldn't make a pitch and we couldn't make a play. I let my focus and concentration get away from me. I was upset with the triple.

Mickey Mala

Other than a couple of concentration lapses at the end of each quarter, it was a really nice game for us defensively. This was a good win for us.

Glen Davis

I had a high level of concentration out there today. That's how I approached it. I made sure I was ready to play. I just wanted to win.

Ivan Rodriguez

I need to be a little more patient, have a little more concentration, and I'll be OK.

Al Pacino

There is no happiness. There is only concentration.

Andy Reid

We utilized him in training camp. We have to make sure that most of his concentration is on the tight end spot. But he is a guy we could use to get us through a game at fullback.

Gary Powers

Our defense is just pathetic right now. At this level, there is no excuses for what we have witnessed and what we are witnessing. That is a simple part of the game and it has nothing to do with inexperience. It is a focus thing and a concentration thing.

Rory Sabbatini

I've managed to find the energy to maintain my concentration out there and stay focused.

Elena Dementieva

I usually play three sets. And to win the first set and lead 4-0 in the second in such a short period of time, I felt like something was wrong. I just suddenly lost my concentration and aggressiveness.

Christopher McQuarrie

I think it's a lot easier to tell a war story about two sides of a conflict with one another as opposed to one side in conflict with itself.

Megan Ronhovde

It is a lot of thinking and every game we make some minor adjustments. You go man-to-man it's a little more simplistic. I think it's been a little easier for the younger girls.

Ross McKenzie

It has been easier to play under the same system we used in college. I have felt really comfortable working here with someone who is familiar.

Henrik Lundqvist

When they shoot form the middle they have so many options, it can hit someone. It's easier when we let them shoot from the sides. There's more time to see the puck easier. We talked about it to pressure harder and pressure at the right times and I think that's the key right now.

Lisa Peters

I couldn't make it easier for him. He did great though it forced him to grow up.

Christine Quinn

He has made coordination and negotiation much easier and more effective.

Randy Cunneyworth

He made plenty of tough saves, but he has to be more focused on the easier saves.

Warren Buffett

It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.

Steve Simmons

In fact, one guy wanted to be on Lyon Street because it would be easier for him to go to the races,

Benjamin Franklin

The excellency of hogs is fatness, of men virtue

Meister Eckhart

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

Helen Thomas

You're only as good as your last story.

Bill Johnson

Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence.

Brian Tracy

Set excellent performance as your standard and strive to achieve it each day

Baltasar Gracian

There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.

E. L. Konigsburg

Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?

Deepak Chopra

Pursue excellence; ignore success.

Thornton Wilder

All excellence is equally difficult.

Jill Koenitzer

I think in some ways there are more things gained through this type of day versus a traditional first day.

B. F. Skinner

When he was in school and worked in the store, I think the interaction between people is really what gained his interest.

Eddy Cue

We've gained a lot of credibility in the industry in the past 2 1/2 years with what we did with songs. And that's what we're trying to mirror in the video space.

Bronco Mendenhall

He was poised and gained confidence. I'm proud to be his coach.

Michael Griffin

The knowledge we gained was gained only through many, many losses. That is the perspective through which we must look at our losses in spaceflight.

David Briggs

The S&P lost 50 points last week and today we gained back four. This is not great.

Cheryl Smith

The whole thing with the power of prayer in our minds is true. And a lot of what has happened, and the strength he has gained back and progress he's made, without sounding corny, I think a lot is attributed to prayers.

Josh Brown

This is the first year I haven't lost weight, and I've gained strength.

Gwin Price

You give up a lot. I gave up my job, my family, the life I had. But I gained so much, too.

Kay Redfield Jamison

It is an odd thing, owing life to pills, one's own quirks and tenacities, and this unique, strange, and ultimately profound relationship called psychotherapy.

Mack Strong

Just things that I've never experienced in my life.

Tom Arnold

I swear on my life that is true.

Quentin Blake

You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.

Carine Roitfeld

I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

Ron Shock

It has been a wonderful life for me. It's just been a blessing. I can't say I would have done it any other way. I have no regrets. I like what I do.

Geno Auriemma

I think this is the first time in my life I have been rendered speechless.

Sylvia Fraser

It is one of the ironies of my life and in many lives that whenever you are the happiest, all of this stuff from the past will come pushing up and demand to be noticed.

Jason Robert Brown

I think that when you write for stars, I think that you have to be very specific about what they do beautifully and let them bring it to life.

Jude Law

When I think about it like that, it feels like a burden. But that won't mean I'll be single for the rest of my life - I hope. I feel very settled with myself in my world. I don't feel as needy and desperate to prove things about myself. In my twenties I was very keen to achieve this and disprove this and that. Now I enjoy just being able to concentrate on my children and my work and myself.

Pete Wilson

The grateful heart is not developed in a single moment; it is the result of a thousand choices.

Ho Chi Minh

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

Eric Schaeffer

There isn't a single scrubber in the state of Maryland.

Marsha Sharp

Every single trip down the floor, we're going to take a look at LaToya first and see if we can find her.

Sally Adams

Every single day I think of it, and I always will.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

But while I breathe Heaven's air and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best meanings, I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.

Drew Barrymore

I love being single. It's great. I get to be who I am and do what I want and be with the people I love. I feel like I have everything and I'm very fortunate, and it's very rich fulfilling time in my life.

Chuck Palahniuk

I want out of the labels. I don't want my whole life crammed into a single word. A story. I want to find something else, unknowable, some place to be that's not on the map. A real adventure.' A spinx. A mystery. A blank. Unknown. Undefined.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

know that there has to be a spending limit.

Kelli O'Hara

I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.

Cheryln Bennett

If you make a little money, you spend it on other things (for artwork).

Elizabeth Hurley

Spending time outdoors makes you feel great.

Shannon Bennett

The more a punter spends the better value they are getting.

Matt Mullenweg

I spend a lot of time on forums, and they drive me crazy.

Brian Tracy

You cannot save time, but you can spend time differently.

Keanu Reeves

On his new motorbike: I wanted to spend some time with it and get to know it.

Steve Prentice

More than ever, what we spend on is more important than how much we spend.