"You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something and have a certain optimism."

-- Maya Soetoro-Ng

#Believe Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Successful Quotes

“We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.”

Source : Lou Holtz, John Heisler (1989). “The fighting spirit: a championship season at Notre Dame”, Atria
“A thirsty ambition for truth and virtue, and a frenzy to conquer all lies and vices which are not recognized as such nor desire to be; herein consists the heroic spirit of the philosopher.”

Source : "Socratic Memorabilia". Book by Johann Georg Hamann, 1967.
“The most important thing about a person is always the thing you don't know.”
“I started out wanting to coach football.”

Source : "Man in a 'Million'". Interview with Terry Pace, www.timesdaily.com. July 21, 2005.
“The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.”
“Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad experiences shape your mind and heart for what is to come.”
“Marriage vows in an objectivist church would probably run along the lines of "Do you promise to attempt to dominate and subdue this woman until such time as you grow bored?" "Maybe." "Close enough. And do you promise to applaud this man`s production until such time as you find someone with a bigger ... corporation?" "Whatever." "By the power vested in me by having scammed you guys out of a marriage license fee, I now pronounce you man and appendage. May you be unencumbered by small persons."”
“All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price.”

Source : Amin Maalouf (1994). “The Rock of Tanios”, George Braziller

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