Overstory Quotes & Sayings

If you rile a tiger, he's going to show his claws. — Rob James-Collier

The goal in life is just the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing — John Wooden

When you are in the line of your duty, it is like standing in front of a line of posts, and every post is in line. But step one step aside, and every post looks as though it were not quite in line. The farther you get away from that straight line, the more crooked the posts will appear. It is the straight and narrow path of duty that will lead you and me back to the presence of God. — Heber J. Grant

I'd let the dummy comment slide, partly because I felt like a dummy and partly because I couldn't think of an eloquent way to say asshole. — Michael Stark

Please will you do my job for me. — C.S. Lewis

You ought to love all mankind; nay, every individual of mankind. You ought not to love the individuals of your domestic circles less, but to love those who exist beyond it more. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Those who keep learning, will keep rising in life — Charlie Munger

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences. — Anna Held

Ambition has developed into a passion which drives women, as well as men, to great works - and small deeds. Formerly competitors in the race for men, they are now competing in the race for social tasks and distinctions. — Ellen Key

Stand-up used to be much more of a form combat. Heckling was much more common [in the '90s]. And I couldn't get stage time, and so I would go out to Pip's in Sheepshead Bay. — Jim Gaffigan

A mission statement is not something you write overnight ... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life. — Stephen Covey

Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's rear end every day. — Darrell Royal

Queen Vasilisa Sabina Rhea Dragomir, first of her name. — Richelle Mead

Whatever your plan, you never invest your own self-worth in its ultimate success or failure. — Wayne Dyer

Each moment that passes changes you ... You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else. — Bruce Lee