Find Your Daily Dose of Inspiration: Quotes to Lift Your Spirit - page 296

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.
 Eddie Reese
Speaking of Oscars, I would win overwhelmingly if the Academy gave an Oscar for faking orgasms. I have done some of my best acting convincing my partners I was in the throes of ecstasy.
Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.
 Lance Armstrong
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Even though I am a mathematician, I look at [fetal development] with marvel: How do these instruction sets not make mistakes as they build what is us?
 Alexander Tsiaras
I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In my day I was told women didn't go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn't.
 Gertrude B. Elion
We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?
Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it\'s something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.
Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.
 Abbie Hoffman
Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make the most of the abilities we have.
 Jim Abbott
Bureaucrats behave very differently than a private-sector manager because their motivations are different. Permanent bureaucrats, no matter how senior, worry about their next job.
 John Sununu
There's always a lot of talk about motivation to race, but nobody really knows what I do or what I think apart from myself, so I don't really care what people think.
 Kimi Raikkonen
Don't let someone who gave up on their dreams talk you out of going after yours.
There's something about human nature which draws us to people who are authentic and makes us want to repel those that aren't.
 Rachael Bermingham
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal
Whatever it is that you wish to experience more of in your life, be the source of it in the life of another.
I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth.
 Chuck D
These were the moments when I was disappointed and frustrated, when I got so low because it seemed all my hard work had been wasted. But the moments passed, and the motivation to go back to rehab was there again.
These were the moments when I was disappointed and frustrated, when I got so low because it seemed all my hard work had been wasted. But the moments passed, and the motivation to go back to rehab was there again.
 Kim Clijsters
I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.