"Never make any reference to the other person's family. "You're just like your - " because that is out, completely."

-- Malachy McCourt

#Like You Quotes #Persons Quotes

“How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.”

Source : Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993
“She may have had enough time to deal with things. What if she does come back? What will you do?" Grant asked me. What would I do? I'd beg.”
“Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.”

Source : Neal Shusterman (2012). “UnStrung”, p.57, Simon and Schuster
“You have confidence in yourself, which is valuable, if not an indispensable quality.”
“A bitter and perplexed "What shall I do?" Is worse to man than worse necessity.”
“The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. They had inbred and ingrown and finally emerged from the Kentucky hills like some remnant of Attila the Hung's barbarian horde. Flick said that they had webbed feet and only three toes. It might have been true.”
“Wealth accumulates, and men decay.”

Source : The Deserted Village l. 51 (1770)
“When pressure builds up, don't panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve.”

Source : Rick Warren (2008). “God's Power to Change Your Life”, p.35, Zondervan

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