Vekhi Dila Quotes & Sayings

As teachers and coaches, we must remember that when mere winning is our only goal, we are doomed to disappointment and failure. But when our goal is to try to win, when our focus is on preparation and sacrifice and effort instead of on numbers on a scoreboard then we will never lose. — Mike Krzyzewski

Human experience is usually paradoxical, if that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. — George Eliot

I think I reach people because I'm with them, not apart from them. — Loretta Lynn

The real discovery is the one which enables me to stop doing philosophy when I want to. The one that gives philosophy peace, so that it is no longer tormented by questions which bring itself into question. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics. — Oscar Pistorius

Even if I say, Everyone in the village died of diarrhea, I still laugh a little after diarrhea. — Dana Gould

There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause. — Vaclav Havel

Our brains resist change, they rail against it, our amygdala will always want the safe bet. But are the obstacles truly insurmountable? Is it a brick wall? Or is it a sliding door, which, once you decide to approach it, begins to swish open? Because even though our brains prefer safety in the short run, in the long run they crave meaning, challenge, and novelty. — Barbara Bradley Hagerty

A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight. — Bess Truman

For years and years I have done the work I was born for. — James Larkin