Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Feather

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.

Sarah Kay

My self-confidence can be measured out in teaspoons mixed into my poetry, and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.

Wangari Maathai

Disempowerment - whether defined in terms of a lack of self-confidence , apathy, fear, or an inability to take charge of one's own life - is perhaps the most unrecognised problem in Africa today.

Rokia Traore

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

William Ivey Long

At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin of self-confidence. And I have to be there for both.

William Katt

Cooking gives you the ability to grow as a person and to give yourself confidence. You can invite people around, you can sit down and eat together and it makes you feel about ten feet tall because you've done it with your own hands.

Yves Saint Laurent

Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always.

Wen Jiabao

Confidence is the most important thing, more important than gold or currency.

Khalil Gibran

Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self-confidence and your self-doubt.

Robert Crandall

I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.'

Richard P. Feynman

It is important to realize that in physics today, we have no knowledge of what energy is

Richard Dawkins

The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened

William Zinsser

The most important sentence in any article is the first one. If it doesn't induce the reader to proceed to the second sentence, your article is dead. And if the second sentence doesn't induce him to continue to the third sentence, it's equally dead.

Woodrow Wilson

High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do.

Woody Allen

I do feel it's important to have some kind of faith in something, but [it is] impossible for many of us. I personally don't have any faith in anything, but it's great if you can.

William J. Clinton

When you strip away all the little things that divide us, it's important to remember how tied we are

William James

First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it.

Sarah Palin

Don't retreat. Instead - reload!

Lee Smith

he was a great person..and, uh..he had a heart of gold...he never met an enemy.

Jerry Colangelo

He wants to win a gold medal. He said that very clearly. He said if asked, he would be honored.

Laura Skaer

Gold prices have people snooping around where they haven't snooped for a while. No question, there's an increase and interest in exploration.

Wang Jian

Gold has never been sold at such a high price in Beijing.

John Bliss

Golden Valley is a very tough team and they always play us very tough. We're going to have to step it up.

Thomas Morgenstern

It is a dream. Two gold medals within two days.

Kimmie Meissner

I think that if I skate really well and give the performance of my lifetime ... maybe I could (win gold). I'm not going to rule it out, but I'm just trying to think about what I need to do right now.

Shirley Sippel

When he shook hands with you on a deal, his word was as a good as gold.

Mark Sutton

I think that is why the gold kiwi is very popular in the New Zealand market.