#pain

Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured that out. I didn't relate to most of it. ↗

— Kathleen Quinlan

#before #born #deal #figured #gardeners

I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#banker #day #hated #himself #i

The painter leaves his mark. And I just put in two statues in Rhode Island that I'm working on. And I think that's going to make me last longer than me. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#his #i #i think #island #just

The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again. ↗

— Sally Quinn

#football #football season #forget #how #like

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#achievement #integrity #life #loyalty #mindless

When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#appalling #bohemian #bought #existence #guitars

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#between #earlier #i #paintings #picture

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#controls #having #how #instead #learning

My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#because #causes #definition #feel #life

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#bodies #change #changing #choose #condition