"And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career."

-- Duane G. Carey

#Military Quotes #Careers Quotes #Goal Quotes

“Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.”
“[...] even in the cruelest human being there can exist a flower of good. Maybe just the tiniest blossom, in need of water and sunlight, but a flower just the same.”

Source : Meg Cabot (2009). “Love You to Death”, p.150, Pan Macmillan
“I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.”
“The Sabbath day has become a day of pleasure, a day of boisterous conduct, a day in which the worship of God has departed, and the worship of pleasure has taken its place. I am sorry to say that many of the Latter-day Saints are guilty of this. We should repent.”

Source : Joseph Fielding Smith (1973). “Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings”
“Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.”
“It's a scary thing, when a person you admire is suddenly revealed to be absolutely, truly human.”
“People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.”
“Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and realizing that it doesn't do anything-or that it doesn't do enough.”

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