"I didn't think anyone who had to demand respect ever got it."

-- Steve Toltz

#Thinking Quotes #Demand Quotes

“When we notice a connection between our present fears and their origins in early life, we are finding out how much of our identity is designed by fear. Is fear the architect of me?”
“When I think back to 2005, the fast growth markets - what we call the fast growth markets - were probably ten percent of our business. They are now 31 percent.”

Source : Source: www.formula1.com
“I don't believe in paying for sex. Which is why I'll never again pay for a woman's dinner.”
“The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away the world that used to be.”
“Did you hotwire this car?" I then rephrased my question. "Did you STEAL this car?”
“To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else”
“Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.”
“I was having a conversation with one of my teammates and she asked me, "Aren't you so glad it's over? We don't have to compete anymore." I thought that was a strange comment but in that moment I realized that I was doing it for the right reasons. I wasn't looking at the Olympics to define me. I wasn't to arrive somewhere by performing well in a contest.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com

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