"For to enter the palace of learning at the great gate requires an expense of time and forms, therefore men of much haste and little ceremony are content to get in by the back-door"

-- Jonathan Swift

#Inspirational Quotes #Men Quotes #Doors Quotes

“At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.”
“In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song.”
“We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength.”
“Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness.”

Source : Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.28, ASCD
“Just being young and growing up in this business is hard. Just growing up in general is hard.”
“We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.”

Source : Watchman Nee (2009). “The Normal Christian Life”, p.19, CLC Publications
“I don't know anything about you, so when you randomly come up and grab my ass, this isn't a friend doing it. It's like, "Who the f### is doing...? I was not expecting that."”
“Think of anger as a muscle. The way you express anger isn't the way that I do, or you. If you have a good director, you will find that he's getting you to use an entirely different muscle that you never even knew you had - it's real hard and sore, then after a while it becomes normal. And you discover all these new muscles when you enter a new character - that's what a director does for you.”

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