#our

When you hear the party that glorified Occupy Wall Street blast success; when you hear them minimize the genius of the men and women who make jobs out of nothing, is that what you teach your children about work? ↗

— Artur Davis

#blast #children #genius #glorified #hear

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. ↗

— Larry Bird

#final #give #inch #push #sounds

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. ↗

— Mark Twain

#exist #gone #illusions #live #may

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected. ↗

— Larry Bird

#ever #expected #farther #i #journey

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course. ↗

— Larry Bird

#conclusion #course #day #directions #discard

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. ↗

— Maggie Kuhn

#even #fear #mind #people #shakes

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. ↗

— Bette Davis

#attempt #been #impossible #improve #mine

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

#books #course #five #forward #given

We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If you try to analyze audiences or think there's some sophisticated recipe for success, then I think you are doomed. You're making it too complicated. ↗

— Brad Bird

#audiences #complicated #doomed #films #hope

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. ↗

— Josh Billings

#best time #bust #feel #hold #must