#ours

Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them. ↗

— Carl Schurz

#course #ideals #like #never #our

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#comfortable #comfortable life #find #fit #life

Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#empowering #fame #handle #how #i

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top. ↗

— O. J. Simpson

#complete #day #excuses #making #responsibility

As an actor, of course, you want to be in something that's successful. ↗

— Marina Sirtis

#course #something #successful #want #you

It takes guts and bravery and heart to walk a mile in a single girl’s shoes. And sometimes a fabulous pedicure. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-fabulous #being-single #bravery #confidence #courage

There's a pattern when tours start - a pattern of infighting, of making up, of breaking up, of addiction. There's a pattern of going to jail. There's a pattern of passion for music. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

#breaking #breaking up #going #jail #making

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female. ↗

— Barbara Smith

#black #easier #female #feminism #gifts

It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself. ↗

— Jaclyn Smith

#answer #beyond #family #learn #live

Believe in yourself and stop trying to convince others. ↗

— James De La Vega

#believe in yourself #convince #others #stop #trying