"I've always believed in my abilities. Nobody ever gave me anything in life. I had to work for everything I got. It may have gotten really rocky for a while, but I persevered, because I'm not afraid of failing."

-- Chauncey Billups

#May Quotes #Failing Quotes #Ability Quotes

“There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government. I reject that notion.”
“I don't drink. I don't kiss girls. These things do an athlete in.”
“I love you" I say. "I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon.”
“books are brain food. If every American would purchase the equivalent of his weight in books each year, this country would be a different place.”
“As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.”
“I was born with a lot of horsepower. There was a lot cooking inside me, a lot of energy, and Dad was a strong man by will and by intelligence, and the combination of us was almost bound to result in periodic explosions. He and I disagreed politically, very violently, and things would get hectic around the house.”
“Now, let's see how you fare against the Flying Dutchman and her vile captain, Davy Jones!”
“Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are the graces about which there is no mystery, and they are within reach of all classes... The poorest Christian can every day find occasion for practicing love and humility.”

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