Pociechy Quotes & Sayings

You've got to take the initiative to play your game. Confidence makes the difference. — Chris Evert

Are you your clothes? Are you your name? Are you your profession? Stop identifying with them. They come and go — Anthony De Mello

The secret seemed to me much more mysterious than that; it was the secret, I thought, of one who had known death; for I moved a stranger among ordinary people, like a man who has risen from the grave, and at first I merely felt rather painfully out of my element; but soon I became aware of a very different feeling.
Was it pride now? Perhaps; but at any rate there was no trace of vanity mixed with it. It was rather, for the first time, the consciousness of my own worth. What separated me - distinguished me - from other people was crucial; what no one said, what no one could say but myself, that was my task to say. — Andre Gide

This child, with his naive outlook on life was the compass which showed them the degree of their departure from what they knew but did not want to know. — Leo Tolstoy

All successful people these days seem to be neurotic. Perhaps we should stop being sorry for them and start being sorry for me - for being so confounded normal. — Deborah Kerr

I'm incredibly grateful for the time I spent with STOMP and even more so for the skills and awareness I developed as a performer during that time. — Nicholas Young

I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do. — Madonna Ciccone

Verbal ability is a highly overrated thing in a guy, and it's our pathetic need for it that gets us into so much trouble. — Nora Ephron

An engineer can look at the data, but he needs a translator from the cockpit - the driver - to understand it completely. For example, only the driver can tell you why he abruptly takes his foot off the gas pedal at a certain point. The data doesn't necessarily tell the engineer whether the driver made a mistake at that point or the car was acting up. The information the driver provides often helps determine the direction of development. — Michael Schumacher

Leaders: Captains of industry. — Thomas Carlyle

I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while all my friends were doing the good shows, like 'Cheers,' but I loved it because I got to be a working writer in Hollywood. — Paul Haggis

I've learned over the years that when I go to that place of passion within me, there's no force in the universe that can interfere with my completing a project. — Wayne Dyer

If we could all love each and every person that crosses our path a little bit more, we could attain inner peace with the knowledge that many people on this planet would be hurting a whole lot less. — Molly Friedenfeld

Lord, I do not know fully what the value of the blood is, but I know that the blood has satisfied Thee; so the blood is enough for me, and it is my only plea. — Watchman Nee