QUOTES:

 

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle

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"Any one who thinks my story is anywhere near over, is sadly mistaken." Donald Trump 

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"We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square."

Michelle Obama

 

 

“To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting”

― J. Carey American Writer

 

The time is always right to do what is right.  Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. Nelson Mandela

 

 

“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been” 

― Rainer Maria Rilke German Poet

 

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. Jay Leno American LateNight Talk Show Host

 

I will honor CHRISTmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens English Writer

 

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

 

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. Maya Angelou

 

 

We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

George H. W. Bush

 

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

Marilyn Monroe

 

 

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” –Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

He does not believe, who does not live according to his belief. Sigmund Freud

 

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Judy Garland

 

“Never do a wrong thing to make a friend--or to keep one.”
― Robert E. Lee

 

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

Bill Cosby

 

There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy to be acted out under the guise of virtue Erich Fromm (German Social Psychologist)

 

Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

E. V. L.

 

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Walt Disney

 

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Mahatma Gandhi

 

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Orison Swett Marden 

 

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually the most ambitious and envious. Baruch Spinoza

 

 

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. J. Michael Straczynski (American Writer and Producer)

 

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

William Shakespeare

 

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Alphonse Karr (French Novelist)

 

Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.

William Wordsworth

 

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

David Brinkley

 

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

Oliver Stone

 

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Marilyn Monroe

I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.

Whitney Houston

 

The wheel is come full circle. William Shakespeare

 

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Jean de La Fontaine french poet

 

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

John T.

 

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone    

 

I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This is our day of deliverance.

John Adams (1735–1826)

 

Basically, what I'm saying is there is nothing fake about what I do. I'm up-front, I'm real, I'm honest and I'm open with my feelings. Christina Aguilera

 

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Walt Whitman

 

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.

Mark Wahlberg American Actor/Producer

 

To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness. Arthur Herzog

 

 

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. Sallust

 

There's a natural law of karma that vindictive people, who go out of their way to hurt others, will end up broke and alone. Sylvester Stallone

 

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

Muhammad Ali

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. Albert Einstein

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. Hermann Hesse  German Poet/Novelist

 

I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with the restrictions of conformity. It made me edgy. Robert Redford American (Superstar) Actor/Director

 

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up! Ingrid Bergman Swedish Actress

 

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Twain American Author

 

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

 

With patience you can even cook a stone

 

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? Robert Kennedy 

 

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet. Will Smith

 

The truly creative people tend to be outliers. Nolan Bushnell American Entrepreneur and Engineer

 

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner. Walt Disney 

 

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. Marilyn Monroe 

 

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.  Johnny Depp American Actor

 

I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me. Meryl Streep American Actor

 

When you create art, the world has to wait. Will Smith American Actor

 

You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world. Bruce Lee Chinese Actor

 

 

 

"... Suffer not a witch to live." She/He will keep practicing her/his craft and influence. WORD!!!

 

To wait, for an actor, is not like someone who's waiting to see the doctor. It's not the kind of wait where you get bored. Catherine Deneuve French Actress 

 

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero. Pablo Picasso Italian Painter and Artist

 

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. William Shakespeare 

 

Some are born great, others achieve greatness. William Shakespeare Twelfth Night

 

 

 

There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

Alfred Hitchcock  English Film Director/and Producer

 

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

Patrick Swayze American Actor

 

 

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.  American Author

 

 

 

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller  American Author

 

 

 

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Leonardo da Vinci  Italian painter, sculptor, architect

 

I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.

Queen Elizabeth I
 

 

 

 

The artist produces, for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create, as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. William Somerset Maugham English Playwright/novelist/writer

 

Some people's continuos and 'pious' dismissal and discredit of the line of work that I do (which is incredibly worthful and of great value might I add), does not stem from their concern to promote good in the world. For if you observed them privately, their choices might be anything but... Their discredit stems from the envy, bitterness and discontentment in their hearts. (#thewishwecouldnetwork)

Chioma Onwudiwe 2014

 

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Coco Chanel  French Fashion Designer/Perfumer

 

"O gracious lady, since I received command to do this business I have not slept one wink." Cymbeline, Shakespeare 1611

 

"We are only as blind as we want to be" Maya Angelou, Poet, Author

 

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Maya Angelou American Playwright/writer/poet

 

Keep your face always toward the Sun-shine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Walt Whitman American Poet  (Emphasis mine)

 

 

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Helen Keller 

 

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. - Og Mandino American Author

 

New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive. ~Jay Leno

 

Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.---Anonymous

 

 

 

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” ― Jane Austen, (English Writer) Pride and Prejudice

 

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its loveliness increases..." John Keats, English Romantic Poet

 

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" Leo Tolstoy, Russian Writer

 

"The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, some are strong at the broken places" Ernest Hermingway, American Author

 

"The stuff that dreams are made of..." The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros 1941)

 

"There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in contrast" - Charles Dickens, English Writer

 

"There is no greater agony, than bearing an untold story inside you" - Maya Angelou, Poet and Writer

 

"Action is eloquence" - William Shakespeare

 

"A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace" - Tennesse Williams American Playwright (If it is not earned, I daresay it won't last - Chioma Onwudiwe)

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One could never attain what they envy in others. Always celebrate in others, the same things you hope to get or wish you had". Chioma Onwudiwe

 

"Beneath the rule of men (women) entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword"- Cardinal Richelieu In the play 'Richelieu' Act II by Edward Bulwer-Lytton "This above all; to thine own self be true" Hamlet (Act I scene III)

 

"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another". - Helen Keller (From the play 'The miracle worker' by William Gibson)