"The lungs cannot be completely deflated at first without considerable effort. With perseverance, however, the desired results can be accomplished and with increasing power, gradually and progressively develop the lungs to their maximum capacity."

-- Joseph Pilates

#Perseverance Quotes #Effort Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“You can touch lives or you can be a quitter.”
“There are illegitimate parents, but I don't believe there are any illegitimate children.”
“all my wealth is in my memories.”

Source : Ruth Draper, Dorothy Warren (1999). “The Letters of Ruth Draper: Self-portrait of an Actress, 1920-1956”, p.134, SIU Press
“The definite link between all the women who wear my designs is that they are strong, independent, and with their own opinions.”
“I have a lot of watches that need to be kept wound, so if I take two of them on a trip, there's always one sitting around. And if it sits around for a day, then it'll stop working. And then you have to reset the time and date, which is annoying.”
“So Orpheus did for his owne bride, So I unto my selfe alone will sing, The woods shall to me answer and my Eccho ring.”
“But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.”
“Getting hit on by both genders is such a champagne problem.”

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