"Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort."

-- Elgin Baylor

#Athlete Quotes #Giving Quotes #Effort Quotes

“We tend to suffer from the illusion that we are capable of dying for a belief or theory. What Hagakure is insisting is that even in merciless death, a futile death that knows neither flower nor fruit has dignity as the death of a human being. If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death? No death may be called futile.”

Source : Yukio Mishima (1977). “The Way of the Samurai: Yukio Mishima on Hagakure in Modern Life”, Basic Books (AZ)
“We should all be much more careful with each other`s hearts.”
“My wife and I both made a list of 5 people we could sleep with...she read hers out and there were no surprises...1 George Clooney...2 Brad Pitt etc...I thought 'Ive got the better deal here'...1 Your sister”
“I have been maturing as a teacher. New experiences bring new sensitivities and flexibility...”
“Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people.”
“Every Republican's voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney wants to let the - he said in the first 100 days he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules - unchain Wall Street. They're gonna put y'all back in chains.”
“Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.”
“A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.”

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