#ck

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide. ↗

— Antony Jay

#his #job #judge #leader #other

Going to your set with the headphones on in the middle of the night so that your parents don't know what you're doing when you're supposed to be asleep is great. I was rocking the bedroom. That was so much more fun when I got the 1200s. ↗

— Jam Master Jay

#bedroom #doing #fun #going #got

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ↗

— Derek Jeter

#find #gotta #i #i think #just

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#another #arisen #attack #conquest #empires

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back. ↗

— Sarah Orne Jewett

#back #going #me #new #road

I really like guys who have confidence, but not the cocky over-the-top confidence. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

#confidence #guys #i #like #over-the-top

I had a test on my kidneys a few weeks back and found out I have two. ↗

— Liam Payne

#few #found #had #i #kidneys

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do. ↗

— Joan Jett

#advantage #believe #born #get #i

I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be. ↗

— David Johansen

#around #been #block #couple #guy

If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes. ↗

— Robert Greene

#failures #forgetfulness #mistakes #offense #patterns