"If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

#Responsibility Quotes #Pride Quotes #Winning Quotes

“All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.”

Source : Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.61, New World Library
“I would say Colin Jost is Kanye West because he takes like the creative risk a lot of times, whereas I'm like, "Uh, I don't know..."”
“Pictures just come to my mind and I tell my heart to go ahead.”
“My favorite book is my next one. Iâ€™m always hoping to make my next book my best one.”
“I like experimenting with different color lip glosses and lipsticks and things like that.”

Source : "Golden Girls Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber Talk Famous Fans and Finding Workout-Proof Mascara". Interview with Rebecca Willa Davis, www.elle.com. August 17, 2012.
“Theology created the fiction of Satan which represents the revolt if an infinite being against the existence of an absolute infinity, against God.”
“After all, what would be "beautiful" if the contradiction had not first become conscious of itself, if the ugly had not first said to itself: "I am ugly"?.”
“As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.”

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