#rove

Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics. ↗

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

#men #more #politics #prove #than

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. ↗

— Aristotle

#life

God has always been about the business of shattering expectations, and in our culture, the standards of leadership are extroverted. It perfectly follows the biblical trend that God would choose the unexpected and the culturally "unfit" - like introverts - to lead his church for the sake of greater glory. ↗

— Adam S. McHugh

#church #god #introverts #leadership #business

Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end. ↗

— Garth Stein

#success #art

As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general as to the possibility of getting a substantial unconditional surrender from Japan which I had written before leaving Washington and which he had approved. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#approved #before #general #getting #had

When you say "I will do it", you will stretch your capabilities and achieve something extraordinary. ↗

— Avinash Narula

#self-improvement #streatch #success #motivational

I live, I Love, I Am ↗

— Kathleen Suneja

#self-improvement-book #change

Why can't you place a blessing like that on us?" I asked. "It only works on wild animals." "So it would only affect Percy," Annabeth reasoned. "Hey!" I protested. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#banter #grover-underwood #percy-jackson #work

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#self-improvement #true

But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!" Chiron and Grover glanced nervously at the sky. The clouds didn't seem to be parting around us, as Grover had promised. They were rolling straight over our valley, sealing us in like a coffin lid. Er, Percy ...?" Grover said. "We don't use the c-word to describe the Lord of the Sky. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#grover-underwood #percy-jackson #zeus #crazy