"Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them."

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Source : Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1901). “Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock”

Maltbie Davenport Babcock

#Opportunity Quotes #Values Quotes

“The Civil War ravaged the Southern states, while leaving the North untouched.”
“The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food.”
“You don't want to be slavishly doing the same thing over and over again that everybody else has done, but at the same time, you're conscious of, "This is important. I owe something to my ten year old self right now. I need to respect that." I need for that kid who is obsessively reading comic books, I need there to be something rewarding for him where he's like, I didn't waste my time. I know what this is.”
“I have three sons, a husband, parents, and I'll fight and get angry, but what is very important that I have found as I've matured, is that I have to move on.”
“In the New Testament church it says they were all amazed - And now in our churches everybody wants to be amused.”
“Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning.”
“My sister is also retarded. Across the board. She's a one hundred per cent, honest to goodness, born that way retard. I learned a long time ago that if you're going to tell a story about your retarded sister, you need to mention she's retarded right off the bat or inevitably, at the end of the story, someone will say, What... is she, retarded? And then you have to go, Uh... yeah, she is. Followed by a lengthy, awkward silence.”
“Honestly, I believe that you are only as good as your last game. And so there were games and tournaments and days when I was like, "I'm probably the best player in the world." And there were some where I'm like, "Oh god, I'm terrible." I think that pushed me all the time.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

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