George Pocock Quotes & Sayings

George Pocock learned much about the hearts and souls of young men. He learned to see hope where a boy thought there was no hope, to see skill where skill was obscured by ego or by anxiety. He observed the fragility of confidence and the redemptive power of trust. — Daniel James Brown

Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as the basis for identity and value. — Wm. Paul Young

He shakes his head miserably. "If only I'd gotten here sooner ... ."
"You got here in plenty of time," I say with a snort. "We're okay."
"But the truck!" he says as he turns back to us. "It was so cherry. — T.J. Klune

All days are happy...if you let them be. — Elizabeth Webster

A nickle ain't worth a dime anymore! — Yogi Berra

Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? Mitch: No. What? Curly: This. [He holds up one finger.] Mitch: Your finger? Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean sh*t. Mitch: That's great, but what's the "one thing"? Curly: That's what you've got to figure out. — Gary Keller

It is hard to make the boat go as fast as you want to. The enemy of course, is resistance of the water, as you have to displace the amount of water equal to the weight of the men and equipment, but that very water is what supports you and that very enemy is your friend. So is life: the very problems you must overcome also support you and make you stronger in overcoming them. — George Yeoman Pocock

I am appalled by the great injustice being perpetrated by those Jewish organizations that engage in anti-Christian bigotry. — Daniel Lapin

In a sport like this - hard work, not much glory, but still popular in every century - well, there must be some beauty which ordinary men can't see, but extraordinary men do. - George Yeoman Pocock — Daniel James Brown

Man dies but once. My disciples must not be cowards. — Swami Vivekananda

Josie huffed. "I hate you."

I pointed to the door. "Yes, and you can do that from your room just as well as from here. — Kiera Cass

Men as fit as you, when your everyday strength is gone, can draw on a mysterious reservoir of power far greater. Then it is that you can reach for the stars. That is the way champions are made. - George Yeoman Pocock O — Daniel James Brown

Insularity plus time yields divergence. — Quammen, David

Art - the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory. — Lawrence Durrell

Why, oh why had he taken up Debbie's offer of a free personal training session, and today of all days? There was no way he was going to get ripped abs by this evening, and the muscles he suspected he'd torn in his lower back were hardly the same thing. — Mark Dunn

To write simply is as difficult as to be good. — W. Somerset Maugham

[At a musical concert:] ... the music's pure algebra of enchantment. — Conrad Aiken

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate. — Sarah Caldwell

You have to know you can first. How comes later. — Vanna Bonta