"There's nothing really difficult if you only begin - some people contemplate a task until it looms so big, it seems impossible, but I just begin and it gets done somehow. There would be no coral islands if the first bug sat down and began to wonder how the job was to be done."

--

Source : John Shaw Billings (1965). “Selected papers”

John Shaw Billings

#Jobs Quotes #Islands Quotes #People Quotes

“Its always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted.”
“The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny!”
“Uncommon thinkers reuse what common thinkers refuse”
“There are different Klans just like there are different fraternities in college.”
“There's been injuries to where my perseverance may have gotten overlooked-just my hard work and what I bring to a franchise and to a team may have gotten overlooked. But it's a matter of staying professional and playing the game of basketball and ultimately doing whatever it takes to win a championship for your teammates.”
“I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.”
“I Write those words in steel for anything else not set in metal cannot be trusted”
“I have to admit, in the end, I like to surrender to someone; the person I love.”

Source : "Italian diva hopes U.S. will surrender to her sound". "The Music Room" interview, www.cnn.com. January 3, 2003.

You may also like: