#pre

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#being #capable #desires #intense #into

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#difficulty #greatest #had #men #serve

I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.' ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#bush #country #expectations #george #george bush

Everybody says, 'You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star.' I say, 'Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star.' ↗

— Rip Torn

#guy #i #impress #me #movie

When you work for something, you appreciate it more. So what are y'all going to do with all the opportunities you inherited that you didn't have to work for? ↗

— Tavis Smiley

#going #inherited #more #opportunities #something

You take care of you and your family first. Then you go to your neighborhood, and then you spread it on out within the community. ↗

— Al Smith

#community #family #first #go #neighborhood

You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One. ↗

— Alan Smith

#come #go #league #premier #premier league

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#creation #like #own #portrait #present

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#preserve #secret #up #wish #wrap

I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the miserable, lonely pastime of creating fiction? ↗

— Arthur Smith

#creating #fiction #hours #how #hundreds