Find Your Daily Dose of Inspiration: Quotes to Lift Your Spirit - page 114

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream
Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream
 Nathaniel Hawthorne
Not to engage in this pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.
 Mortimer Adler
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing.
 Amy Grant
[It's] useful to ask ourselves, 'Just how global are we?' before we think about where we go from here.
 Pankaj Ghemawat
The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.
 Robyn Davidson
Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually.
 H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
We never got anything out of the recordings. I'm still as broke as I was when I was with the Mothers.
 Jimmy Carl Black
I've waited almost 10 months for this revenge, I know I deserve it.
 Sergio Martinez
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
One thing you gotta know about Roy. The way I always saw myself, is I'm just like you. In the ring, I have a gift...That gift ain't on the basketball court. That gift ain't at home. You understand me? That gift is in the ring.
 Roy Jones Jr.
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
 Robert Burton
Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want.
 Hannah Whitall Smith
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
I don't want to give anyone an edge in my mind. Every time I walk out on the court, I have to feel I'm the best so I can compete well. A lot of times, my chief rival is just me.
 Venus Williams
I think that boxing is actually not as dangerous as the politics. In boxing, you're gonna get a bloody nose or a black eye. In politics you can obviously get either dioxin in the food or bullet in the head.
 Wladimir Klitschko
The one strongest, most important part of my game is that I want to be the best. I won't accept anything less that that. My ability to concentrate and work toward hat goal has been my greatest asset.
 Jack Nicklaus
You become what you believe.
[At] the end of the day, when we talk about cities, we talk about a gathering of people. And we cannot see that as a problem.
[At] the end of the day, when we talk about cities, we talk about a gathering of people. And we cannot see that as a problem.
 Eduardo Paes
All things truly wicked start from innocence.