#mis

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#fortune #happy #merit #miserable #only

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#folly #kingdom #london #many #mistake

A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#deal #development #giving #money #out

To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin. ↗

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

#longer #miss #say #shame #sin

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#devastating #lot #misfortune #more #sudden

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#attitude #optimistic #pessimistic #rather #than

There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball yet, and I'm still not done. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#basketball #case #done #i #misconception

I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#believe #create #deeds #devils #evil

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it. ↗

— David Sylvian

#bad #bad thing #compromise #little #need

Never promise more than you can perform. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#never #perform #promise #than #you