#elf

I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory. ↗

— Anthony Hamilton

#i #know #learned #myself #now

I'd wake up in the morning and I would think, 'Where am I?' I'd have to gather myself. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#gather #i #morning #myself #think

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#does #encourage #enterprise #expenditure #father

The older I grow, the more I find myself alone. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

#find #grow #i #more #myself

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#down #growth #money #our #pay

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#although #am #basically #colour #consider

To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer. ↗

— Rod Taylor

#paper #performer #put #same #see

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#equal #her #man #nature #never

There's a lot of things that go on when you're on tour that cannot be controlled. I'm not even talking about myself, but of course there's sexual activity and drugs, fighting and language; it is certainly not a place to raise a family. ↗

— Peter Steele

#activity #cannot #certainly #controlled #course

I remember when I was in school, they would ask, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?' and then you'd have to draw a picture of it. I drew a picture of myself as a bride. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#ask #bride #draw #drew #going