Shibui Japanese Quotes & Sayings

The science shows that the secret to high performance isn't our biological drive or our reward-and-punishment drive, but our third drive - our deep-seated desire to direct our own lives, to extend and expand our abilities, and to make a contribution. — Daniel H. Pink

I like to be able to get up and go and buy a pint of milk without bumping into 20 people I know. — Lily Allen

I've learned that I have to stop equating saying yes with being a good person. I think I am being good when I say yes to everything, but saying yes to something I cannot live up to leads to bitterness and disappointment. — Karin Rahbek

Don't succumb to excuses. Go back to the job of making the corrections and forming the habits that will make your goal possible. — Vince Lombardi

I actually ran into Justin Bieber when nobody knew him at the Kids' Choice Awards. He came up to me like, 'Mr. Crews, how you doing? I'm produced by Usher and I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Justin Bieber,' and I just knew he was a good, nice kid. Next year, people are screaming and attacking him! — Terry Crews

There is a certain age when a woman must be beautiful to be loved, and then there comes a time when she must be loved to be beautiful. — Francoise Sagan

Being best at things has nothing to do with talent; it is all about self - discipline and commitment. — M.F. Moonzajer

Just to be clear, Ray Rice was not fired for beating his wife. He was fired because a video of him beating his wife was released. — Chris Rock

The only biodiversity we're going to have left is Coke versus Pepsi. We're landscaping the whole world one stupid mistake at a time. — Chuck Palahniuk

When I was 23, basically I stopped modelling and started going to school, and was able to study with wonderful teachers. — Andie MacDowell

I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored to belie me.-It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions. — Ben Jonson

I am sick of this way of life. The weariness and sadness of old age make it intolerable. I have walked with death in hand, and death's own hand is warmer than my own. I don't wish to live any longer. — W. Somerset Maugham

It doesn't matter how good you are as a band or how good your music may be; if the fans aren't supporting it and buying your music, it's hard to make it. — Chris Daughtry

The actual world, not some fantastic structure that has nothing to do with reality, must provide the material for modern poetry. — Muriel Rukeyser