#ring

Reputation is only a candle, of wavering and uncertain flame, and easily blown out, but it is the light by which the world looks for and finds merit. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#candle #easily #finds #flame #light

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero. ↗

— David D. Burns

#becomes #hero #honor #part #perfectionism

Aspiring to a souffle, he achieves a pancake at which the reader saws without much appetite. ↗

— John Leonard

#appetite #aspiring #much #pancake #reader

Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#able #get #health #into #me

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#geese #make #march #spring #summer

To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#every #first #intelligent #keep #precaution

It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#about #also #aspects #beautiful #beautiful city

In real life I've learned to love not wearing any makeup whatsoever, and I'm super low-maintenance when it comes to my hair. ↗

— Leighton Meester

#comes #hair #i #learned #life

We need to ensure our men and women in uniform are equipped with the very best money can buy. We also have to make sure critical military technologies are developed in America and that the U.S. defense manufacturing base remains healthy and strong. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

#america #base #best #buy #critical

I don't read such boring things. Life is too short. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#boring things #i #life #life is too short #read