"My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down."

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Donny Osmond

#Wall Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Father Quotes

“It has been my fortune to love in general those men most who have thought most differently from me, on subjects wherein others pardon no discordance. I think I have no more right to be angry with a man, whose reason has followed up a process different from what mine has, and is satisfied with the result, than with one who has gone to Venice while I am at Siena, and who writes to me that he likes the place.”
“A girl should set her sights on a man who has money; or if not, who can expect to come into money; or if not, who has moneyed connections.”
“I came late to the genre of folk music.”
“Rivalry is one of the factors pushing me. While my back was turned, the Norwegians managed to achieve the first Arctic crossing in winter. I didn't want the same to happen in the Antarctic.”
“Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.”
“As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.”
“Obey the voice within - it commands us to give of ourselves and help others. As long as we have the capacity to give, we are alive”

Source : Kirk Douglas (2001). “Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning”, p.256, Simon and Schuster
“I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn't have a problem talking to people or making friends. But in the real world. interacting with other people - especially kids my own age - made me a nervous wreck. I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.34, Macmillan

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