#ck

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ↗

— Confucius

#desire #door #excellence #full #keys

I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, that's how I learned. ↗

— Emmy Rossum

#done #had #her #how #i

And that is why, when he finally did come across the street, I lit my cigarette with my lighter - not to make him feel like a fool who had fallen for a trick, but rather because he had said, 'you had better luck with matches,' when in fact I had not. It was not the matches that brought him across the street. It was the matches that kept him on the bench. ↗

— Adam Levin

#meeting #trick #tricking #inspirational

Nothing is born into this world without labor. ↗

— Rob Liano

#action #attempt #birth #coaching #inspiration

This is the Modern Man, who cannot save himself but wants to save the world. He is the Wise who knows not. And his footsteps on the road click tic-tac, tic-tac ↗

— Cristiane Serruya

#lack-of-morals #lack-of-perspective #modern-life #modernity-is-a-sickness #philosophy-of-people

One of the nicest things you can do to kick-start your children’s day is to tell them honestly they look nice as they head out the door. This easy, five-second exchange says to your child: “I see you; I notice you; I love you. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#honesty #joy #kick-start #kindness #love

One of the nicest things you can do is to speak kind words about someone behind his or her back. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#backstabbing #kindness #love #nice #nice-people

I have zero respect for knowledge, that’s what computers are for. Imagination is the kicker because imagination can extrapolate, create and solve, Knowledge is just facts and shit. Mostly irrelevant.” Kego O'Grady in The Navigator By Steve Merrick ↗

— Steve Merrick

#sci-fi #science-fiction #steve-merrick #stevesevilempire #the-navigator

Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to our highest ideals, and to imagine that together we can do great things. In those rare moments, when such a person comes along, we need to put aside our plans and reach for what we know is possible. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#endorsement #inspiration #kennedy #politics #voting

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#causation #cause-and-effect #chance #darwinism #inspirational