Al Mansoura Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment. — Amy Carmichael

I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake. — Pete Maravich

My personality was always such that I always look straight forward, never behind or to the side. — Grant Achatz

Don't come around and try come gas me up, I like running on E — Drake

There were signs everywhere but none that I could read or even hope to decipher. These multi-lined symbols unhinged my familiar world. — Gerry Abbey

Acting still rings my bell as much as it did in high school. Plus, I can now indulge my interests as a producer as well. My work is more fun than fun but, best of all, it's still very scary. You are always walking some kind of high wire. — Tom Hanks

Let every book-worm, when in any fragrant, scarce old tome, he discovers a sentence, a story, an illustration, that does his heart good, hasten to give it the widest circulation that newspapers and magazines, penny and halfpenny, can afford. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

None of us deserve the good things that come our way. It's by grace, love and forgiveness that any of us experience joy. — J.B. McGee

I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood. — Haley Bennett

When you're lost in the middle of a set of dominoes, you can't see the pattern that's forming in the falling blocks around you. — James Renner

What really helps me is being able to record my albums at home - I have more fun experimenting that way, as opposed to working with an engineer, in which case I have to deal with the humiliation of doing take after take, and that can get frustrating. — John Frusciante