"Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them ... They achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly by doing what comes naturally and they don't stumble into it in the course of amusing themselves. All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose."

-- John W. Gardner

#Greatness Quotes #Discipline Quotes #People Quotes

“With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art.”

Source : Peter Weiss (2005). “The Aesthetics of Resistance, Volume 1: A Novel”, p.60, Duke University Press
“It's a very important process of self-recognition, self-introspection, by just daily accepting our creation, accepting what is right in front of us, breathing, letting go, and coming into the heart space and knowing that that fear or the struggle is part of the illusion. Just breathe that truth, because as you breathe, it filters through and you'll find that that tightness, that intensity, the fear, the worry, will dissolve. Just allow yourself not to get stuck in that.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“I use Pearl Eliminator Pedals and I swear by them.”
“When you're about three years old, you start to learn how to be manipulative. I know this from my own experience - I created this expression between sadness and dissatisfaction to get people to make me feel better, to get me presents. I created this face based on movies without even understanding it. I felt attracted to faces and body language. I remember I was always fascinated with why some people are considered beautiful and some are not. Everybody's got two eyes and one nose, but it's the small details. It is why we fall in love or why we want to kill somebody we haven't even spoken to.”
“Pleased be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom you give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendours and bears likeness of you, Most High One.”
“I wanted to play professional hockey, man. But when I acted, I thought, 'Well, okay, maybe I do have something here.'”
“She was by nature a sunny soul”

Source : Jean Webster (2015). “Daddy-Long-Legs”, p.5, Sheba Blake Publishing
“I was probably about 22 years old when I recommitted myself to get off the fence and go all in and get serious about my faith. That's really when I experienced God's love and His forgiveness and His true grace.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com

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