#elves

One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction. ↗

— Nido Qubein

#achievements #cannot #direction #done #great

Bolshevism presented itself as an economic threat to themselves at the same time that Nazism presented itself as a political threat to their countries. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#countries #economic #itself #political #presented

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them? ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#children #clear #enumerate #equal #even

Everybody says before reviews come out, 'Oh, reviews don't matter,' just in case they're bad; everyone want to brace themselves. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#before #case #come #everybody #everyone

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. ↗

— Sophocles

#cause #keenest #our #ourselves #recognize

Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost. ↗

— Anna Freud

#children #getting #lost #themselves #usually

I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well. ↗

— Patrick Rafter

#anything #aussie #conducted #crowd #electric

Spain is facing an economic situation of extreme difficulty, I repeat, of extreme difficulty, and anyone who doesn't understand that is fooling themselves. ↗

— Mariano Rajoy

#difficulty #economic #economic situation #extreme #facing

I don't know the law, the kind of law of quantity and quality, but I think the opportunity of people being able to express themselves and to have the means of production is a great thing. It's also changing how we're telling stories. ↗

— Keanu Reeves

#also #being #changing #express #great

With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#across #away #benefits #both #come