#press

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. ↗

— Peter Marshall

#contrary #diamonds #difficulties #grow #life

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. ↗

— Ralph Marston

#appreciate #appreciation #around #expectation #express

Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. ↗

— Ralph Marston

#degree #depends #endeavor #expression #self

Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#being #day #every #every day #i

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. ↗

— Karl Marx

#creature #heart #heartless #opium #oppressed

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand. ↗

— Karl Marx

#does #expresses #individuals #relations #society

I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about. ↗

— Richard Marx

#certainly #depression #had #happiest #happiest people

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#before #concert #conductor #deeply #first

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#efforts #enable #express #her #him

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#after #artist #color #expression #means