On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
#quotes #martin-van-buren #trust

I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
#quotes #emily-mortimer #life #optimism #difficulty

Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
#quotes #georg-c-lichtenberg #freedom #free-will

A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
#proverbs #greek-proverbs #philosophical

As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
#quotes #sarah-lacy #economy #china

I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
#quotes #freddy-adu #environment #career #monaco

The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
#quotes #aiden-wilson-tozer #god

If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
#quotes #paul-weyrich #liberalism

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #progress #motivation #success

A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #nature

We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
#quotes #john-w-snow #economy

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
#quotes #david-morse #stories #film

The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
#quotes #verlyn-klinkenborg

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
#quotes #ty-cobb

The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
#quotes #p-j-o-rourke #religion #law #government

Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
#quotes #edmund-burke #beauty

Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
#quotes #alana-stewart #optimism #pessimism

A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #learning #wisdom

Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs

As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
#quotes #gena-showalter #teenage

A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
#quotes #isadora-duncan #sports #language

Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
#quotes #caleb-cushing #liberty #doctrine #new-england

Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
#proverbs #silence