#falls

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. ↗

— Colin Powell

#close #ego #falls #goes #having

We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things. ↗

— John Wesley Powell

#beset #channel #conjecture #distance #explore

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. ↗

— Dogen

#falls #flower #grows #love #though

Even if one tree falls down it wouldn't affect the entire forest. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#down #entire #even #falls #forest

Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls. ↗

— Ice T

#country #falls #los #los angeles #microcosm

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not. ↗

— James Taylor

#boat #clear #everything #falls #important

I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#believe #belong #brave #falls #i

There's got to be a moment when that baby [flying] squirrel looks from the end of one branch to the tree six feet away and thinks twice about making a leap. Falling in love is no different; it's the moment that we close our eyes and throw away everything that seems reasonable and hope to God there's someone or something waiting to catch us on the other side. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#salem-falls #love

When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly. ↗

— Bill Frist

#american #american people #aside #falls #people

But Nature cast me for the part she found me best fitted for, and I have had to play it, and must play it till the curtain falls. ↗

— Edwin Booth

#cast #curtain #falls #fitted #found