#nerves

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#alone #body #brain #dream #every

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

#men #name #nerves #only #pessimism

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#helper #nerves #our #sharpens #skill

The first night was awful because I was so afraid, and I was never more afraid because it was going out of my character to be outgoing and to be vulnerable and to be out there and onstage. My hands were sweaty and I couldn't swallow, and I drank a bottle of wine to calm my nerves. ↗

— George Lopez

#awful #because #bottle #calm #character

The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you. ↗

— Stephen Rea

#actually #confuse #director #gets #nerves

To play well you must feel tranquil and at peace. I have never been troubled by nerves in golf because I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. ↗

— Harry Vardon

#been #everything #feel #felt #gain

When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system? ↗

— Russell Hoban

#attack #attacked #being #chance #got

Drop something?" he asked, trying to suppress a smile but failing miserably at the act. I nodded and smiled back at him sheepishly, unable to find my voice to respond in any other way. "Interested in locks, I see," he commented. I nodded again. "Well, here you go," he said, and he handed the book to me. I nodded. Oh crap, why did I just nod? Take the book! I screamed inside my head. Take it! I took it slowly. He kept looking at me, smiling. ↗

— Markelle Grabo

#humor #love #nerves #humor

That's the way I like it because there's no time to have nerves about it. You just run out and do it. ↗

— Doug Flutie

#because #i #just #like #nerves

I just grate on my own nerves. I don't like to watch me. ↗

— Megan Fox

#just #like #me #my own #nerves