#eve

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed. ↗

— Bob Riley

#during #hard #hard times #hero #heroes

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism. ↗

— Bob Riley

#believed #i #long #patriotism #pinnacle

His failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he conforms something else, even if at the time he does not know what that something else is. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#does #else #even #failures #his

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. ↗

— James Whitcomb Riley

#come #determination #discouragement #energy #enthusiasm

It is not enough to be busy... The question is: what are we busy about? ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#productivity #time #truth #business

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet. ↗

— King Edward VIII

#advice #chance #count #down #ever

Everyone seems to be in a kind of accelerated time mode that is beyond their own control. ↗

— Terry Riley

#control #everyone #kind #mode #own

Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#answers #day #distant #even #into

Everyone gets criticized. ↗

— LeAnn Rimes

#everyone #gets

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do. ↗

— Will Rogers

#get #important #left #man #never