Gene Brown famous quotes

The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it.
-- Gene Brown

#Humility #Tough #Brag

The bridges that you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.
-- Gene Brown

#Bridges #Rivers #Crosses

Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.
-- Gene Brown

#Fool #Ingenuity #Accounts

Accept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.
-- Gene Brown

#Long #Advice #Grace

One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.
-- Gene Brown

#Done #Enough #Good Things

The trouble with making intelligent suggestions is that you're apt to be appointed to carry them out.
-- Gene Brown

#Intelligent #Suggestions #Trouble

The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority.
-- Gene Brown

#Kids #Raising Kids #Convincing

The key to getting ahead is setting aside 8 hours a day for work and 8 hours a day for sleep - and making sure they're not the same hours.
-- Gene Brown

#Sleep #Keys #Hours

If there were any justice in this world, people would occasionally be permitted to fly over pigeons.
-- Gene Brown

#People #Justice #World

When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.

Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.

Condi Rice talks tough but she cannot be tough herself.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.

Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.

The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government.

I eat as healthy as I can. It is tough.

Remember that people will brag about what they've achieved, but they don't brag about the price they paid to get it.

Honestly, I don't like to brag about myself, but I really think I'm the only boxer who came out better from a Hopkins fight.