#elf

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#first #inspire #man #manliness #others

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#cannot #company #feel #finds #himself

You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself. ↗

— Alan Alda

#bus #discover #doing #get #hard

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me. ↗

— Alan Alda

#business #extensive #field #find #going

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself. ↗

— Alan Alda

#comfort #discover #go #into #intuition

You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#appetite #components #desire #does #ideal

It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#ancient #anyone #beautiful #beautiful places #buildings

I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do. ↗

— Namie Amuro

#available #choice #decision #doing #had

For me, you've got to play football first. We're not trying to be accountants. The money takes care of itself. That's kind of how I think anyway. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#anyway #care #first #football #got

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