#con

Custom is second nature. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#nature #second

When you're on the road, there's no time for second chances and messing yourself up. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#messing #road #second #second chances #time

I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant. Nothing has changed. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#changed #controversial #figure #i #kid

The form I most enjoy writing is the sonnet or sonnet-like forms, where you have a - you know, three stanzas or two stanzas that lead into a concluding couplet. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#enjoy #form #forms #i #into

When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#construct #first #mix #out #song

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#finally #judge #our #stifle #unerring

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#begin #belief #conviction #deep #deep conviction

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#different #different names #just #lakes #names

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#beyond #continent #our #prior #risk

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#conscience #fault #how #little #sting