#irs

No commander was ever privileged to lead a finer force; no commander ever derived greater inspiration from the performance of his troops. ↗

— John J. Pershing

#miltary #the-great-war #united-states-military #world-war- #inspirational

My whole career I have worked with non-Western musicians and different orchestras and ensembles and choirs. ↗

— Mychael Danna

#choirs #different #i #musicians #orchestras

Second place is just the first place loser. ↗

— Dale Earnhardt

#just #loser #place #second #second place

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#did #first #first thing #horrific #i

I want a tattoo over my heart that reads TRY HARDER YOU LAZY PARAMEDIC SHITBAG OR I WILL HAUNT YOUR BEDROOM FOREVER ↗

— Warren Ellis

#inspirational #tattoos #inspirational

I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more book. ↗

— Beth Revis

#debut-author #first-drafts #inspiration #persistence #publishing

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. ↗

— Chauncey Depew

#first #first step #getting #going #somewhere

They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up. ↗

— Daniel Wallace

#cheesy #inspirational #love #love-at-first-sight #love-story

Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong. ↗

— Judy Blume

#censoring #censors #censorship #censure #first-amendment

And also it was a process of, we lifted weights as well, in an effort to train my body to then be able to lift heavier weights when I got in Australia. So that was the first couple of months. ↗

— Brandon Routh

#also #australia #body #couple #effort