#reached

The countdown reached ten seconds and I could almost hear an invisible crescendo of stirring background music. 'Anchors aweigh!' Five, four, three, two, one... and we had ignition! ↗

— Gene Cernan

#anchors #background #could #five #four

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#been #depths #flame #found #generous

I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#age #big #blonde #clumsy #cute

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. ↗

— Confucius

#action #adjust #cannot #goals #obvious

My mother cared more about how you reasoned than about the conclusions you reached. ↗

— David Frum

#cared #conclusions #how #more #mother

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#inevitable #mode #reached #which

Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#companions #flight #great men #heights #kept

Before my troops reached the little city, and before the people of Fredericksburg knew that any part of the Confederate army was near, there was great excitement over the demand for surrender. ↗

— James Longstreet

#army #before #city #confederate #demand

Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, rapid weight-loss diets can be healthy if done correctly and can work wonders on reducing pounds and inches in just days. ↗

— Mike Moreno

#days #despite #diets #done #healthy

I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships. ↗

— Bill Murray

#crisis #i #i think #just #life crisis