Famous Quotes & Sayings

I now know happiness isn't about being in the press, getting good reviews or always being seen as a winner. It's about doing what you enjoy through the highs and lows, accepting what's on your plate and making the most of it...'

I think about it at all times of the day, ... It's definitely sunk in. I'm accepting the challenge, I can't wait to get there and I think we're going to be ready.

I put up a huge wall of denial. It was years before I was able to break through it... accepting that your child has a disability, especially one like LD that cannot be seen or easily diagnosed, is one of the hardest things to come to terms with.

Because it is still open at the moment who will be our main sponsor, we wanted to give the pros a clear signal that we didn't want to stand in the way of their accepting a multi-year offer from another team.

John W. Thompson

I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.

Patrick Leahy

I regret that instead of accepting our many previous invitations to work with the Senate and increase the level of consultation and cooperation to help fill judicial vacancies, the White House repeatedly has chosen to continue down its path of trying to politicize the process,

I heard about the walk event last year when my sister called to tell me that she could no longer participate. My sister works very hard dealing with the effects of her MS. She is selfless and committed to finding a cure. Each year, instead of accepting a gift for her birthday and Christmas, she asks that we donate to the National MS Society. She is the strongest person I know, and that's why I had to get involved.

If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.

I'm not at all surprised that the rebels are not accepting the peace deal. Why should they? It's never going to be implemented. The government is just going to undermine it every way they can.

Rachel Hurd-Wood

I'm not dark; I'm not. The main thing I consider in accepting a role is less the tone of the movie and more whether I think it's a good film, whether I like the character and whether I think I could do it. I don't think, 'Oh, I've done X amount of dark films.'

Mark Foster

I'm trying to just let it go, being more accepting of my bad shots. Today I put the ball in the right areas and took my chances when I got them.

The federal chancellor is giving Tehran the disastrous impression that the world community is no longer united, ... He is thereby accepting the growing danger of an Iranian nuclear bomb.

I'm not sad that my high school career is over. This game is all about making the jump to the next level, accepting a college scholarship and proving yourself that you're one of the best players in the country.

Casey Wilson

I'm getting into all sorts of L.A. things. I go to bikram yoga, I went to an astrologer recently... I'm accepting L.A. for who she is. She's a dark temptress.

Michael Malone

The chances of the Bush administration accepting a truce would be pretty remote at best.

The first attempts embraced information access and not commerce, ... The next phase was commerce, phones connected to Web sites. Now voice portals are accepting phone calls and retrieving information from Web databases, ... databases that would normally be driving Web sites.

The idea was then given to Ford and he took a great risk in accepting it and committing money for it.

A lot of lenders are sending out letters stating that they are going to start accepting loans at higher loan limits well ahead of the Fannie Mae announcement.

Malcolm X

I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you.

Simon Williams

The U.K. has been behind the EU but certainly ahead of the U.S. in accepting Iran as it is and looking to support the domestic developments that are occurring at the moment.

Charles Schumer

All customers, even those who specifically install the Kodak software applications, are presented with the Microsoft application, scanner and camera wizard, meaning additional steps are necessary for those consumers to access the Kodak software, ... Even worse, Windows XP steers consumers electing to process digital pictures to a Microsoft-approved vendor and hinders them from accepting Kodak's digital processing site.

Stewart jumped right in and fit in with everyone. Credit him and credit our players. He was accepted, and he was accepting of them.

This is completely done in the open. The Legislature has been fully aware of and accepting of this arrangement." ()

Mark Foster

It sounds silly but at times I have not allowed myself to play well through being too tough on myself. So I'm trying to just let it go, being more accepting of my bad shots.

Mark Regev

Ever since accepting the Road Map and the idea of a two-state solution in 2003, Sharon has realized that all settlements in Gaza would have to be dismantled under any final-status agreement. What Sharon has been emphasizing to his opponents is that by evacuating them now, he gets badly-needed brownie points with the international community, which loves the fact that we're withdrawing from Gaza.

That's the fear of the bloggers that being part of the DLC is just accepting that we have to move to the right.

That goes back to not accepting it. What if I said, 'Yeah, you're right, Chris is better, I'm just going to be prepared to do mop-up duty.' I don't think we would have won. I think they would have had an unprepared quarterback.

Taiwan is going to be more accepting of some appreciation in the Taiwan dollar because we've had a succession of pretty good numbers in the economy.

It's more than hitting hard; you have to find what the opponent can and cannot do and exploit that. I see them in the last three or four months as more accepting of my coaching.

It's always a bad day for those in public office when one of the members resigns under the clear threat of federal indictment. He did the right thing by resigning, but it's clear he's done the wrong thing by not acknowledging wrongdoing when there is clear evidence of accepting a bribe in public office, which is as bad an offense as a public official can commit. It reflects on the General Assembly and all public office holders.

It may be confusing to the public that with the right hand we're accepting government money and with the left hand sometimes we're beating up the government.

It's going OK. It's a nice, slow learning curve. It's like with anything, you're going to make mistakes here and there. I expect that but I'm not accepting it.

Caroline Rhea

Don't compare yourself with someone else's version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories.