#erm

But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government. ↗

— Charles F. Bass

#able #control #economy #global #global economy

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. ↗

— Nido Qubein

#circumstances #determine #go #merely #present

Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." (Journal entry, 14 October 1922) ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#daring #empowerment #risk #self-confidence #self-determination

... Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism... ↗

— Eric Chaisson

#determinism #nature #necessity #randomness #age

It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me. ↗

— Bjorn Borg

#easy #financial #financial security #however #i

I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager. ↗

— Kurtis Blow

#experience #france #germany #i #just

Russians call me German, Germans call me Russian, Jews call me a Christian, Christians a Jew. ↗

— Anton Rubinstein

#christian #christians #german #germans #jew

People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also....but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#change #determination #empowerment #inspirational #life

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be an intellectual. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#either #intellectual #intelligent #may #novelist

People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time. ↗

— W. G. Sebald

#before #better #eyes #forget #germany