"For so long I wanted to win the gold medal.Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again."

-- Bryan Clay

#Motivation Quotes #Winning Quotes #Long Quotes

“One of the most influential women of the 20th century? Well, that may be overdoing it. When one thinks of really influential women, my mind turns to Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, ... some of the true political leaders in their own right.”
“The Catholic Church... upheld feudalism, then monarchism, warning of growing evils and possible revolutions. In the same manner, and under the same reservations, she now upholds capitalism; but, above all things and forever, she upholds the Catholic Church.”

Source : Daniel De Leon (1928). “Ultramontanism: Roman Catholic Political Machine in Action”
“No woman will ever satisfy me. I know that now, and I would never try to deny it. But this is actually okay, because I will never satisfy a woman, either. Should I be writing such thoughts? Perhaps not. Perhaps itâ€™s a bad idea. I can definitely foresee a scenario where that first paragraph could come back to haunt me, especially if I somehow became marginally famous.”
“It wasn't until I'd met everyone else's measure of success that I realized I'd failed myself.”
“His enemies said he [Robert Kennedy] was consumed with selfish ambition, a ruthless opportunist exploiting his brother's legend. But he was too passionate and too vulnerable ever to be the cool and confident operator his brother was.”

Source : Jack Newfield (1969). “Robert Kennedy: a memoir”
“It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness.”
“We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.”
“I've already created my own thing.”

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