#extraordinary

Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today.That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans. ↗

— Scott Walker

#because #confidence #did #extraordinary #forward

This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#because #been #beijing #china #dreaming

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them. ↗

— Duke of Wellington

#discuss #extraordinary #gave #i #orders

I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#anything #done #extraordinary #films #i

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#another #cases #childhood #convinced #essential

Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly. ↗

— Criss Jami

#artists #bondage #boundaries #boxes #brilliance

Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others. ↗

— Paul David Tripp

#god #others #people #change

Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to be messed with. Powerful, all of them. And I'm the guy who fixes the windows. They'll never know how tough it is, Dawnie, to be the one who isn't Chosen, to live so near the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me. I saw you last night, and I see you working here today. You're not special; you're extraordinary. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#extraordinary #inspirational #ordinary #power #xander-harris

We have one precious life: do something extraordinary today, even if it's tiny. A pebble starts the avalanche. ↗

— K.A. Laity

#extraordinary #twitter #life

As proud as we are of this city and as extraordinary as it is, all of south Louisiana and all of the Gulf Coast is a very special place, and the federal government has underinvested in it year after year after year, whether it's education or health care. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

#care #city #coast #education #extraordinary