#chan

That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commenced with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light. ↗

— Albert Pike

#hope #life-changing #change

The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#chance #could #course #dozens #easily

But whether, for example, a coat can be exchanged for twenty yards of linen cloth or for forty yards is not a matter of chance, but depends upon objective conditions, upon the amount of socially necessary labor time contained in the coat and in the linen respectively. ↗

— Rudolf Hiferding

#chance #cloth #coat #conditions #contained

Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL. ↗

— Michael Wilbon

#coaching #life #nfl #players #suffer

No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night! ↗

— Lauren Hutton

#change #child #children #diapers #feed

To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. ↗

— William James

#change #immediately #ones #start

You know, this is - one can imagine how life would be different if one body of Congress was controlled by the other party, there would be subpoena power and there would be all - mechanisms to get to the bottom of all sorts of issues of controversy. ↗

— Michael Isikoff

#body #bottom #congress #controlled #controversy

Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#change #climate #climate change #countries #development

I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#charmed #clue #concept #earth #found

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#changes #era #evolutionary #evolves #greatness