Competition Prep Quotes & Sayings

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either
or both
when needed? — Gordon B. Hinckley

Desires are only the lack of something: and those who have the greatest desires are in a worse condition than those who have none, or very slight ones. — Plato

Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock — Nick Mason

Honestly, we don't kick or bite or throw potatoes at all our guests."
A crooked smile touched Lord Bradford's lips.
"Your family has spirit," he said, taking his hat from Azalea. "I enjoyed the evening."
"Well, yes, you've just come from a war," said Azalea. — Heather Dixon

How old are you? I asked her. "Old enough to know better." she said. — J.D. Salinger

As far as responsibility goes, no one really wants it -- but all of us are responsible to the community we live in & its laws. — Truman Capote

It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live. — Mike Judge

The first step toward power is to accept reality — Shannon McKenna

The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself. — G.I. Gurdjieff

It is clothes. It is parts. Therefore, you combine the parts differently to create your own unique expression. — Tadashi Yanai

How many times has He delivered me! Yet, alas! How distrustful and ungrateful is my heart even until the present! — John Newton

For a developing country, average long-run growth of 5 percent a year per capita is excellent, and 7 percent is stellar. — Alex Berenson

Certain kinds of honor could not be lost without demanding that one consecrate oneself thereafter - no matter how unsuited and unprepared - to a life of revenge. I — Norman Mailer

Sometimes I run fast when I feel like it, but if I increase the pace I shorten the amount of time I run, the point being to let the exhilaration I feel at the end of each run carry over to the next day. This is the same sort of tack I find necessary when writing a novel. I stop every day right at the point where I feel I can write more. Do that, and the next day's work goes surprisingly smoothly. I think Ernest Hemingway did something like that. To keep on going, you have to keep up the rhythm. This is the important thing for long-term projects. Once you set the pace, the rest will follow. The problem is getting the flywheel to spin at a set speed-and to get to that point takes as much concentration and effort as you can manage. — Haruki Murakami

I'm not flailing now, as my muscles are rigid with the tension of holding myself together. — Suzanne Collins