#om

My mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance in - not just in golf but in life. You know, I was an only child, you know, my dad worked three jobs at one stage. My mom worked night shifts in a factory. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#chance #child #dad #factory #give

Of course, money matters to everyone even if some don't want to admit it. If I won the Race to Dubai, I look at that prize money and think it could pay off my new house or the range I'm building. I am privileged to play golf for a living - look around St Andrews, that's my office. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#am #andrews #around #building #could

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. ↗

— David O. McKay

#compassion #earth #enter #happiness #human

The great thing about my two lives is I love them both. I'm very ambitious and nothing gets in the way of me practising and concentrating on winning golf tournaments. But then I come home and get back to normality. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#ambitious #back #both #come #concentrating

Two years ago, of course, I was just a rookie and listened to everybody. In a way I am still a rookie. I'm only 23 and I'll be surrounded by great players who have played in a lot more Ryder Cups than myself. But the rankings say I am the best player at the moment and so that brings a responsibility. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#am #best #brings #course #cups

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. ↗

— David O. McKay

#choice #earth #freedom #give #more

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift. ↗

— David O. McKay

#free #free agency #freedom #gift #god-given

Initially, it was about kids at the bottom rung of the social ladder, due to their looks and their class background. But they're also outsiders in terms of their peer group. ↗

— Jim McKay

#also #background #bottom #class #class background

Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#challenge #confidence #down #dumb #feeling

I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully! ↗

— Danica McKellar

#admire #become #believe #belong #carefully