"What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not."

-- Saint Augustine

#Success Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“Reality is cruel. All of the naivete is going to be removed. Reality is always changing, and it is always unpredictable. All of the balance is going to be destroyed.”
“You don't need to watch out for me, Clay." But I did, Hannah. And I wanted to. I could have helped you. But when I tried, you pushed me away. I can almost hear Hannah's voice speaking my nest thought for me. "Then why didn't you try harder?”
“I want to make a summing up, brief and to the point, but thorough. I have never suppressed a word in my books out of regard for other people and their prejudices.”

Source : John Henry Mackay (2001). “John Henry Mackay: Autobiographical Writings”, p.11, Xlibris Corporation
“The scientists are really scared. Their [global warming] observations over the past two or three years suggest that everything is happening a lot faster than their climate models predicted.”

Source : "Four harsh truths about climate change". www.woodstocksentinelreview.com. December 4, 2008.
“The prose of Joe Pulver can take its place with that of the masters of our genre â€“ E.A. Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Ramsey Campbell, Thomas Ligotti â€“ while his imaginative reach is something uniquely his own.”
“As for what motivates me to better myself, I would say the friends that I keep around me and also my family. They constantly keep me in check with their words and actions, knowingly and also unknowingly.”

Source : Source: sea.askmen.com
“Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.”
“You have to devote yourself totally to be successful at it.”

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