Quotes & Sayings About Belittling Your Ambitions

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance. — Scott Hamilton

He loves to tease and nettle me to the brink of murder, but I wouldn't have it any other way. He is everything in this world to me. Samia — Sherrilyn Kenyon

They sat in the little diningroom and ate. She'd put on music, a violin concerto. The phone didnt ring.
Did you take it off the hook?
No, she said.
Wires must be down.
She smiled. I think it's just the snow. I think it makes people stop and think.
Bell nodded. I hope it comes a blizzard then.
Do you remember the last time it snowed here?
No, I cant say as I do. Do you?
Yes I do.
When was it.
It'll come to you.
Oh.
She smiled. They ate. — Cormac McCarthy

If you were approaching the TARP investments from a pure investment standpoint, then there's no doubt in my mind the taxpayer lost, and probably lost big. — Jeb Hensarling

We are humble because we know we are not the power in salvation. We are obedient because we know we possess the light. — Mark Dever

94 was a good year to be twelve. Star Wars still had two more years as Box Office King, cartoons were still hand-drawn, and the Disney "D" still looked like a backwards "G." Words like "Columbine," "Al Qaeda" and "Y2K" were not synonymous with "terror," and 9-1-1 was an emergency number instead of a date. At twelve years old, summer still mattered. Monarch caterpillars still crawled beneath every milkweed leaf. Dandelions (or "wishes" as Mara called them) were flowers instead of pests. And divorce was still considered a tragedy. Before Mara, carnivals didn't make me sick. — Jake Vander Ark

If it was not for Rajiv Gandhi, urbanization in India would have been history. — Kushal Pal Singh

These," he said gravely, "are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant. — Aldous Huxley

If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody. — Mercedes Lackey

I related to 'A Clockwork Orange' in a personal way. I was a bit of a thug growing up. It's taken some reform for me. Thank God for artistry and creativity as an outlet. — CeeLo Green

Thoughtfully assessing and addressing enterprise risk and placing a high value on corporate transparency can protect the one thing we cannot afford to lose: trust. — Dale E. Jones

ROTC programs at Ivy League campuses would liberalize the military. That can only be good for this country. — Evan Wright