"The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood."

-- William Gilmore Simms

#Success Quotes #Men Quotes #Virtue Quotes

“For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.”
“Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.”

Source : Song: Thing Called Love, Album: Nick of Time
“I get to focus on something I love to do 24-hours a day rather than trying to squeeze it in between midterms, or even during my normal workday. When I was at Google it was like you wake up at 7 and then you get home by 7 and you start your second job of music. So now I get to focus all my efforts on music, travel and play shows and do all of this stuff. That's the difference - That's all my life is, all day.”
“I've been boxing for 25 years and I need exciting fights.”
“Do what ya have to do to pay off yer debt with Heaven,â€™ he said, his concern for proper speech abandoned. â€˜But ya do not die on me, ya understand? I canâ€™t live without ya. Yer all I got, woman.â€™ Her breath caught in her lungs. â€˜I donâ€™t want to be here if youâ€™re not.”
“That's the great thing about the future - nobody knows what's going to happen. That's what makes it all exciting.”
“I've decided to hire a 'food taster', not because I think anyone is trying to kill me, but because I want to make sure it's not to salty.”
“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.”

Source : FaceBook post by Yehuda Berg from Sep 15, 2010

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