#si

To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#doorstep #effect #events #hell #light

The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#god #life #me #mercy #my life

Advertising treats all products with the reverence and the seriousness due to sacraments. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#due #products #reverence #sacraments #seriousness

The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy. ↗

— Carlos Mesa

#biggest #bolivia #committed #cost #economy

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#football #mean #nothing #precision #talent

I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there. I've been clear about this since I was very young, and I never wanted to change. Barcelona is my home because both the club and the people here have given me everything, but I won't stop being Argentine. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#barcelona #because #been #being #both

You cannot allow your desire to be a winner to be diminished by achieving success before and I believe there is room for improvement in every sportsman. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#allow #before #believe #cannot #desire

For me, skiing is a physical necessity. I have a need for risk. ↗

— Jean-Marie Messier

#me #necessity #need #physical #risk

25 years later, you know, I haven't really put too much emphasis on any kind of individual goal, other than trying to win any particular night, trying to find a way to do that. ↗

— Mark Messier

#emphasis #find #goal #haven #i

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad. ↗

— Mark Messier

#beliefs #captain #consistent #going #good