"We need to keep hope alive and strive to do better."

-- Kofi Annan

#Needs Quotes #Alive Quotes #Strive Quotes

“If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee; he that thinks he never can speak enough may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.”
“Work unto death! I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you. This life comes and goes; wealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is better, far better to die on the field of duty, preaching the truth, than to die like a worldly worm. Advance!”
“Avoid committees and consensus in developing big, distinctive business model advantages. Individuals have big, distinctive ideas; committees and consensus turn big, distinctive ideas into mundane ideas.”
“...above all, you have to love what you are doing. You cannot fake passion. If you love it you can fight through the rough times and enjoy the good times.”

Source : "Shannon Miller: 'I Was Intimidated By Everything, Except Being On The Balance Beam'". Interview with Jenny Schafer, www.celebritybabyscoop.com. January 13, 2010.
“My childhood is completely... when I look back, it was '50s in New York, upper-middle class, it was completely idyllic and golden and wonderful - sweet in every way.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. November 18, 2002.
“I am in the present and only the present matters to me”
“It's both a blessing and a curse. It's great having that goal and never settling, but at the same time I am rarely satisfied with things. I usually walk off stage thinking I can do better next time, it has to be more, more, more. Sometimes you have to just sit down and be like, "I'm in New York right now doing what I love." Look at all these things - I won a EMA last week.”
“Get low; grace will meet you there.”

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