"I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had."

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Source : "Kim Clijsters: 'Me and Dad had this thing about the number one'". Interview With Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2012.

David Lindsay-Abaire

#People Quotes #Chance Quotes #Harder Quotes

“Not to this extent but from day one I had an awful lot of confidence when I got started.”
“I have seen ministers of justice, clothed in magisterial robes and criminals arraigned before them, while life was suspended on a breath in the courts of England; I have witnessed a congress in solemn session to give laws to nations;...but dignity and majesty have I seen but once, as it stood in chains at midnight, in a dungeon, in an obscure village of Missouri.”

Source : Parley P. Pratt (2008). “Spirituality: The Key to the Science of Theology”, p.11, Cedar Fort
“History, history! We fools, what do we know or care.”
“Room service? Send up a larger room.”
“Get over it. Get on with your life.”
“To always trust my instincts, to always believe I have something to offer â€” no matter how meaningless or stupid it may be â€” and to never listen to anyone who tells you â€˜no.â€™”
“I think pastors are the worst listeners. We're so used to speaking, teaching, giving answers. We must learn to be quiet, quit being so verbal, learn to pay attention to what's going on, and listen.”
“Unbeknownst to a lot of us, our children actually listen to just about everything we say and, even more so, watch everything we do. They notice the choices we make and the company we keep.”

Source : "Showing a Father’s Love by Protecting Our Children’s Health" by Thomas Carper, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2012.

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