Champions Never Quit Quotes & Sayings

I try to think as little as possible, at least while working. I look at some of my early stories and can see the machination behind them, like a gear slowly moving. For example, sticking a dead father into the story to explain a character's sadness and bad decisions, or trying to impress myself with my own cleverness. — Mary J. Miller

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion. — Alphonse De Lamartine

You can't mobilize people and connect with them authentically when they can't see the true you. — Kevin Allen

I thoroughly believe in evolution, and how we evolve and how our physical being is affected by time and use and by the environment ... it's more than just challenging, it can be terrifying. We all struggle, but I think it's important to be there for one another. — Elliott Gould

I don't believe in writer's block. — Gabrielle Zevin

It is not so easy to do good as those who have never attempted it may imagine. — Maria Edgeworth

Perceived self-efficacy in coping with potential threats leads people to approach such situations anxiously, and experience of disruptive arousal may further lower their sense of efficacy that they will be able to perform skillfully — Albert Bandura

In Bombay, we have a fine concert hall. I think it is high time we built venues in Delhi and Calcutta, not only for western music, but also Indian music. It doesn't matter which party is in power; don't you think the capital of India should have a concert hall? — Zubin Mehta

Men are found to be vainer on account of those qualities which they fondly believe they have than of those which they really have. — Vincent Voiture