#barely

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#aim #barely #best #did #done

When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#army #barely #before #begins #deployment

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#barely #children #i #more #my own

Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own and defend my own loveliness. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#being #called #claim #could #deep

Players lose you games, not tactics. There's so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes. ↗

— Brian Clough

#barely #crap #games #how #know

Today, barely 5 percent of all containers coming into the United States through our ports are scanned. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#coming #containers #into #our #percent

Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body. ↗

— Estella Warren

#body #childhood #clothed #comfortable #coming

We can contemplate the meaning of your life all you want, but know that you're my meaning... the reason behind just about everything I do―and I would never want to change that. ~ Evan ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#rebecca-donovan #the-breathing-series #change

My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#children #could #forgave #forgive #i

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#castle #enough #food #get #kin