#gr

Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there. ↗

— Judith Viorst

#because #close #close friends #contribute #friends

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground. ↗

— Virgil

#his #like #rock #sea #stands

I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#grew #household #i #live #live music

In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with having landed a great job as first, a maintenance engineer, and then a senior locksmith with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#engineer #father #federal #federal reserve #finally

Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#cities #days #groupies #i #interviewed

That I've lasted is one of my greatest accomplishments. Maybe my greatest. ↗

— Lesley Visser

#greatest #i #lasted #maybe

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#grow #inside #make #none #other

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#come #great #gymnasium #make #ourselves

When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness. ↗