#con

To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#being #choice #conscious #focus #future

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#born #charge #control #desire #each

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day. ↗

— William Bennett

#controversies #day #different #difficult #discussion

The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God. ↗

— Charles Bent

#desire #end #full #get #god

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#beacon #claim #direct #explicit #guide

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress. ↗

— Tom Berenger

#because #comes #constant #day #days

It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the characters they are portraying. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#connecting #enough #hit #just #no point

What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win. ↗

— Patty Berg

#concentration #dedication #desire #determination #does

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#also #assumed #canada #established #military

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#always #contains #implicit #just #piece