"The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future."

-- Philip Emeagwali

#Success Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Past Quotes

“Whether it's food or women, the ones on front street are supermodels. Big hair, big tits, big trouble, but the one you come home to is probably something like cavatelli and red sauce. She's not screaming for attention because she knows she's good enough even if your dumb ***** hasn't figured it out yet.”
“Let them (the wicked) see the beauty of virtue, and pine at having forsaken her. [Lat., Virtutem videant, intabescantque relicta.]”
“Damn the rules, it's the feeling that counts.”
“Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.”
“You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy.”
“When it gets easy, I worry about things.”
“The greatest tragedy of the family is the unlived lives of the parents.”
“Happy those early days when I Shined in my Angel-infancy. Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back (at that short space) Could see a glimpse of His bright face. When on some gilded cloud or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity.”

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