#my

We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself. ↗

— Martin Ryle

#built #designed #enjoy #i #myself

...a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation that helps us to make a painful rite of passage from one phase of life, one state of mind, to another. A novel, like a myth, teaches us to see the world differently; it shows us how to look into our own hearts and to see our world from a perspective that goes beyond our own self-interest. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#myth #novels #reading-books #art

Expansion of character is connected to expansion of destiny. ↗

— James Tarantin

#inspirational #mystery #personal-transformation #inspirational

True Courage is when you are afraid of something but go through with it anyway ↗

— Victor Castelo

#children-s-books #courage #inspirational #tommy-the-courageous-bird #inspirational

I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent. ↗

— Major Taylor

#best #book #discussing #done #experiences

Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery. ↗

— Sara Teasdale

#mastery #me #my own #own #sole

I don't want to be a thief of my own wallet. ↗

— Johan Cruijff

#my own #own #thief #wallet #want

My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship. ↗

— Emily Watson

#concentrate #darkened #had #i #interesting

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money. ↗

— Kristy Swanson

#lot #make #money #my own #own

Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one. ↗

— John J. Sweeney

#buy #economy #ford #global #global economy