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Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!
I'm someone who likes to try new things and take on new challenges. I love making movies, but TV is also great. I really enjoy doing both.
My favorite thought about Abraham Lincoln is he believed in two things: loving one another and working together to make this world better.
Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
I like being the underdog so they don't expect what's going to happen. It pushes me to work harder and do the things I'm not doing better.
The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don't celebrate those, they can pass you by.
It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
If you want special results, you have to feel special things and do special things together. You can speak about spirit, or you can live it.
One of the things that attracts me to vintage and antique things is they have stories, and even if I don't know the stories, I make them up.
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.
Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.
We create a standard for how we want to do things, and everybody's got to buy into that standard or you really can't have any team chemistry.
Getting fitter is just like getting a new haircut. It changes the way you look and also changes your outlook towards a lot of things in life.
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.
There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.
Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with. Love shouldn't be one of them. Anything less than extraordinary is a waste of my time.
I did many stupid things. I made many mistakes, but I learnt from everything. I still make mistakes; I still learn from them. Nobody is perfect.
You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
So then learn to conquer your fear. This is the only art we have to master nowadays: to look at things without fear, and to fearlessly do right.
Fighting for human rights, a commitment to social justice and treating people with dignity are all things that are important to us as Canadians.
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.
There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.
When money, rather than innovation or value, is your competitive advantage, that's when things get boring and stagnant, and monopolies take root.
Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
When marginalized people gain voice and center their own experiences, things begin changing. And we see this in all kinds of grassroots movements.
No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.
I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it.
I'm always astonished by a forest. It makes me realise that the fantasy of nature is much larger than my own fantasy. I still have things to learn.
As you get older, the cliches of life ring true. It's the simple things that matter most: your family, the people you love, your health and sanity.
As long as you're not hurting anybody else, as long as you're being kind to people and you're doing what you love, only good things can come of it.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
I've been through so much in my life. I've seen so much. I know how fast things can change. I know someone can be here one minute and gone the next.
People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.
If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.
I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.