#eve

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. ↗

— James Allen

#achieve #attain #greatly #highly #little

The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy. ↗

— Tris Speaker

#ballplayer #brains #cobb #could #crazy

You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. ↗

— James Lane Allen

#become #cannot #controlling #desire #dominant

I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain. ↗

— Mose Allison

#down #form #i #just #never

I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside. ↗

— Krista Allen

#firm #firm believer #got #i #inside

Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him. ↗

— Larry Speakes

#doing #ever #find #go #having

Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up. ↗

— Natalie Wood

#every #falls #girl #growing #growing up

There are many great truths which we do not deny, and which nevertheless we do not fully believe. ↗

— Joshua Willis Alexander

#deny #fully #great #many #nevertheless

Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#eventually #germany #i #paris #sent

A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason. ↗