"God himself helps those who dare."

-- Ovid

#Helping Quotes #Self Help Quotes #Dare Quotes

“I wanted to be the best in the world and at 12 years-old I won my first big amateur contest called The Gold Cup Series Contest at Marina Del Ray Skatepark. That's when I really started to believe I could turn pro, though it wasn't until two years later when I was 14 that I actually did with Sims.”
“There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike.”
“I still love a variety of kinds of music.”
“That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.”
“Every now and then, you find a book that feels like it was keyed to your DNA.”
“For me, comfort is paramount.”
“When you gossip about another person, listeners unconsciously associate you with the characteristics you are describing, ultimately leading to those characteristics' being â€œtransferredâ€ to you. So, say positive and pleasant things about friends and colleagues, and you are seen as a nice person. In contrast, constantly complain about their failings, and people will unconsciously apply the negative traits and incompetence to you.”

Source : Richard Wiseman (2009). “59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot”, p.58, Anchor
“One rabbi compared wise men studying the law to children tossing a ball to one another: a first sage said the meaning was this, another said the meaning was that, one gave his opinion, another begged to differ.”

Source : Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

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