Leurquin Thuillies Quotes & Sayings

Except for a handful, chess players don't have such illusions. The game has a severe analytic quality that makes self-deception difficult. Unlike the undiscovered poet who, despite the harsh criticism of his peers, lives on his fantasies for the day that he will be recognized as the next Dylan Thomas, even a young chess player can usually gauge his talent. When Josh was six, he played several games against a pudgy thirteen-year-old who was the top player on his high school team. He beat Josh every time, but a couple of the games were close, and afterwards the boy seemed gloomy about his performance. He explained that if he didn't make significant improvement during the next year, he would wind up as just another wood-pusher. Despite his celebrity in school, he seemed to know that he didn't have it. While — Fred Waitzkin

If we look to our responsibility to the generations yet unborn who will come after us, how can we fail to recognize that peace and freedom are inextricably bound up one with another and that the threat to one is a threat to both — Winston Churchill

Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical inner truth, the truth that they are worthy of respect. — Parker Palmer

That inspiration comes, does not depend on me. The only thing I can do is make sure it catches me working. — Pablo Picasso

Think about it: What's the worst thing that can happen to you if you just totally go for it? — Grant Cardone

Other people's opinion have no impact on your self esteem unless you allow it. — Kishore Bansal

Sharing knowledge is the most fundamental act of friendship. Because it is a way you can give something without loosing something. — Richard Stallman

Money may not be your best friend, but it's the quickest to act, and seems to be favorably recognized in more places than most friends are. — Myrtle Reed