Descending Into Greatness Quotes & Sayings

I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player. — Imran Khan

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Every single one of us is the descendant of a go-getter. Of dreamers and of believers. — Marco Rubio

The difference between you and her
(whom I to you did once prefer)
Is clear enough to settle:
She like a diamond shone, but you
Shine like an early drop of dew
Poised on a red rose petal.
The dew-drop carries in its eye
Mountain and forest, sea and sky,
With every change of weather;
Contrariwise, a diamond splits
The prospect into idle bits
That none can piece together. — Robert Graves

It is better to give children a rule to break than to give them no rules at all. — Tipper Gore

Scorpions like holes. We had to put our arms in the holes to dig out the smelting residues. We always performed critter checks before an excavation, but one morning, I put an arm in and felt a sharp pierce. When I brought my hand out, it was red and already swelling. — Sarah Parcak

Think of all the human suffering caused by the sad truth that beautiful sexy women or handsome Porsche-owning men often prove to have miserable genes for other traits — Jared Diamond

In an ideal world I could do hellish things to her and she'd love it but in this world I came to save Perry. No one else seemed to give a shit. — Karina Halle

We must make good people wish that the Christian faith were true, and then show that it is. — Blaise Pascal

What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality? — Hiromu Arakawa

Launch and learn. Everything is progress. — Danielle LaPorte

Love is the need of all ...
but , love needs all ... ! — Shakir Parekh

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say. — Martin Amis

So you choose him?'
'Cal betrayed me, and I betrayed him. And you betrayed us both, in a thousand different ways.' The words are heavy as stone but right. So right. 'I choose no one. — Victoria Aveyard

I made a resolution to telephone my mother the next day, but it was a safe resolution; no one can hold you to a decision made in middle of the night.And then my spine sent me an alarm. A presence. Here. Now. At my side. — Diane Setterfield