#losing

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#bring #closing #comfort #conversely #door

God would not bring you through a Red Sea and turn around and allow you to perish in a fish pond. ↗

— Johnnie Dent Jr.

#inspirational #perserverance #stick-to-itiveness #stick-to-your-gut #winning-and-losing

What are friends, anyways? You pick some people you have similar interests with, and you hang out and talk. You give each other pep talks and listen to each other's problems. I could replace most of Courtney's job duties as best friend with a book of inspirational slogans and a journal. ↗

— Dalya Moon

#inspirational

There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants. ↗

— Daniel Akaka

#civil #civil servants #crisis #decades #develop

I have irrational fears, and they all go back to losing my father as a kid. I've never gotten over it. ↗

— Tim Allen

#father #fears #go #gotten #i

Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#bambi #because #children #effect #losing

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out. ↗

— George Brett

#grandmother #her #kissing #like #losing

I do like to write but I also like to get and out and play. I am losing track of all the Cooper versions that I do - I have one for Iceland, different one over here. ↗

— Michael Owen Bruce

#am #cooper #different #get #here

After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your face, and stay sitting down. ↗

— Barbara Cartland

#after #between #choose #down #face

I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks. ↗

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

#come #companies #i #language #looking