Minzy Rawls Quotes & Sayings

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The first way not to shake hands is executed by receiving someone's hand in yours and proceeding to squeeze it tightly, hurting the other party as if they were responsible for a past death in your family, or your adoption as a child. — Wes Locher

Leibniz never married; he had considered it at the age of fifty; but the person he had in mind asked for time to reflect. This gave Leibniz time to reflect, too, and so he never married. — Bernard Le Bovier De Fontenelle

Don't worry if they say you're crazy. They said that about me and yet I was saner than all of them. I knew. No matter. You know. Insane or sane, you know. It's a good thing to know - no matter what they call it. — Anne Sexton

I love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines. — Lev Grossman

You're shadowed by your own dream, especially as you get older, of trying to create something that will last in poetry. And so, you're working on its behalf. — Edward Hirsch

Leadership is about setting a direction. It's about creating a vision, empowering and inspiring people to want to achieve the vision, and enabling them to do so with energy and speed through an effective strategy. In its most basic sense, leadership is about mobilizing a group of people to jump into a better future. — John P. Kotter

No matter what
anyone says, we all care, to a
certain extent, how others
view us. We may not care
what everyone thinks of us,
but there's always that one
person, who with a few words
holds the power that could
make us or break us. — Alison G. Bailey

I learned the tricks ... If you want to do academic things, you can do them. It is not difficult. Yet it is from this difficulty - the mistakes and dead ends - that artists develop, not through the quick solutions and not from something you learn and apply. — Isamu Noguchi

Gone. The saddest word in the language. In any language. — Mark Slouka

Our success at friendship, business, sports, love
indeed, at nearly every enterprise we attempt
is largely determined by our self-image. People who have a confidence in their personal worth seem to be magnets for success and happiness. — Alan Loy McGinnis