Windlebird Quotes & Sayings

No one know what he can do till he tries. — Publilius Syrus

Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned. — Dalai Lama

For me as a man, philosophically, when you talk about honor and integrity, that's the way I want to live my life. It moved me. — Tom Cruise

He did ten years in Attica, reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich. — Bob Dylan

Clients say, 'What's your strategy,' and I say, 'Ask me what I believe first.' That's a far more enduring answer. — Ginni Rometty

Combine your mental images with the emotion of desire to accelerate their realization. — Brian Tracy

There, my boy," he said. "It's awfully kind of you, Mr. Windlebird." "My dear boy, don't mention it. If you're satisfied, I'm sure I am." Mr. Windlebird always spoke the truth when he could. He spoke it now. — P.G. Wodehouse

The vigorous man industriously striving for the improvement of his condition acts neither more nor less than the lethargic man who sluggishly takes things as they come. For to do nothing and to be idle are also action, they too determine the course of events. — Ludwig Von Mises

Yes, I was forced to take piano lessons for 8 years as a child. — Jim Coleman

There were many young princes
Who wanted this princess
Some fair themselves
Some as ugly and terrible
As a giant snake
-The Prince and the Princess — Hannah Rush

In 1914, Thomas Edison, at age sixty-seven, lost his factory to fire. It had very little insurance. No longer a young man, Edison watched his lifetime effort go up in smoke and said, "There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burnt up. Thank God we can start anew." In spite of disaster, three weeks later, he invented the phonograph. What an attitude! — Shiv Khera

Tyche's beauty is interestingly kinetic; it comes and goes and comes back again. Or maybe it's more that you observe it in the first second of seeing her and then she makes you shelve that exquisite first expression for a while so she can get on with things. Then in some moment when she's not talking or when she suddenly turns her head it hits you all over again. There's a four-star constellation on her wrist that isn't always there either. When it is, its appearance goes through various degrees of permanence, from drawn on the kohl to full tattoo. — Helen Oyeyemi

There is a monumental difference between being alive and living. You should never settle for the first. — Matt Corby

Whenever you make a big effort and take risks, getting good results and points is very rewarding. — Dani Pedrosa