#sf

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#even #forward #look #matter #never

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune." ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#bear #bitter #fortune #future #good

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. ↗

— Jane Austen

#alone #better #endearing #enough #fashion

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#american #impressive #less #quantitatively #satisfying

When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want. ↗

— Randy Bachman

#much #pretty #successful #want #whatever

If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#even #phone #ring #still #successful

For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught. ↗

— Roger Bacon

#argument #avoid #burns #experiment #fire

I believe it is an important project, it makes the cost of doing business lower and they will make us more competitive at the same time, it will also provide some satisfaction to the people who demand services for them of the quality they want and also quickly. ↗

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

#believe #business #competitive #cost #demand

The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target. ↗

— Douglas Bader

#close #did #fire #open #pilots

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#although #different #different things #difficult #double