"I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that."

-- Barry Sanders

#Pedestal Quotes

“Lord, catch me off guard today. Surprise me with some moment of beauty or pain so that at least for the moment, I may be startled into seeing that you are here in all your splendor, always and everywhere, barely hidden, beneath, beyond, within this life I breathe.”
“Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.”
“The English are potentially very aggressive, very violent”

Source : " 'Fair and effective' Straw lays down the law" by Michael White, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2000.
“The greatness of action includes immoral as well as moral greatness--Cortes and Napoleon, as well as Luther and Washington.”
“I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.”
“The consequences for human welfare involved in questions about human capital spillovers are simply staggering. Once one starts to think about them, it's hard to think of anything else”
“Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.”

Source : Sir William Temple (1814). “The Works of Sir William Temple, Bart: An essay upon the advancement of trade in Ireland. Of popular discontents. An introduction to the history of England. Of gardening. An essay upon the cure of the gout by moxa. Of health and long life. Of heroic virtue. Of poetry. An essay upon ancient and modern learning. Thoughts upon reviewing that essay. Of the excesses of grief. Of the different conditions of life and fortune. Heads of an essay on conversation. Poetry”, p.125
“Do not analyze things to death. Sometimes the best strategy is, "Ready, fire, aim." Do it first , then make adjustments. The answer lies in action-not in words.”

Source : Philip Toshio Sudo (2013). “Zen Guitar”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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