"I always wanted to be somebody...If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment along the way, and half because there were an awful lot of people who cared enough to help me."

-- Althea Gibson

#Happiness Quotes #Inspiring Quotes #Success Quotes

“The essence of profound insight is simplicity.”
“As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.”
“I left Colombia because Univision brought me to the United States.”
“Politics and power is a realm of relative influence,”
“The important thing is to firmly fix our gaze on our own weaknesses, not run away from them, but to battle them head-on and establish a solid self that nothing can sway. Hardships forge and polish our lives, so that eventually they shine with brilliant fortune and benefit. If left in its raw, unpolished form, even the most magnificent gem will not sparkle. The same applies to our lives.”
“We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.”
“His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action.”

Source : Jennifer Crusie (2011). “Charlie All Night”, p.87, HQN Books
“No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.”

Source : Hugh Nibley, Don E. Norton, Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (1994). “Brother Brigham challenges the Saints”, Deseret Book Co

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