#pros

My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice.' ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#brother #climb #come #crying #fall

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. ↗

— Plato

#apply #both #cannot #crop #cultivation

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family. ↗

— James K. Polk

#country #degree #depend #family #fear

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes. ↗

— Cole Porter

#authors #better #four-letter #goes #good

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. ↗

— Colin Powell

#backyard #challenge #even #own #pros

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#determined #gets #government #happening #home

I just hope that the democratic will of the Zimbabwean people prevails. If it does we must move quickly to help restore stability and prosperity. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#does #help #hope #i #just

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#banking #banking system #been #faith #growth

We build our technologies as a way of addressing all our anxieties and desires. They are our passions congealed into these prosthetic extensions of ourselves. And they do it in a way that reflects what we dream ourselves capable of doing. ↗

— Richard Powers

#anxieties #build #capable #desires #doing

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#a new day #always #been #behind #bit