#stan

I sort of set myself really high standards which is good and bad. If I know that I've done all I can to prepare, that's when I race the best and in '09 I was going through a lot of emotional ups and downs and I was never as fit as I would have liked to have been. So I never felt comfortable. ↗

— Stephanie Rice

#been #best #comfortable #done #downs

I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean it's such a solo endeavour. ↗

— Stephanie Rice

#endeavour #hard #i #i think #mean

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world. ↗

— Susan Rice

#our #respected #security #states #trusted

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally. ↗

— Susan Rice

#critically #i #i think #internationally #judged

My kids have been incredibly supportive of the work that I do. They understand why it matters. ↗

— Susan Rice

#i #i do #incredibly #kids #matters

We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the U.S. has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences. ↗

— Susan Rice

#afghanistan #assuming #consequences #germany #honest

Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do it in relative peace and security. ↗

— Susan Rice

#any #come #deal #democracy #expectation

I am best viewed from a distance. ↗

— Jenny Eclair

#best #distance #i #i am #viewed

In youth we learn; in age we understand. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#learn #understand #youth

We need to pray and read the Bible every day, and regardless of whatever else happens to you, that tends to keep you close to Him, because you are constantly in touch through His Word. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#bible #close #constantly #day #else