#stead

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success. ↗

— Og Mandino

#being overwhelmed #character #emergencies #failure #highway

I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I've got to consider how it's going to affect people. How it's going to affect me, as well. Because it's like a cycle. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#because #consider #cycle #feel #going

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#child #grappling #grows #instead #lusty

I'd think,'In a relationship, we should never have his kind of fight.' Then, instead of figuring out how to make it work, I looked for a way to get out of it. The truth is, you shouldn't be married if your that kind of person. ↗

— George Clooney

#figuring #get #his #how #i

The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#commits #decide #dogma #earth #favor

I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead of vice versa... I make films to please myself first, and if the audience likes them, all the better. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#better #films #first #get #hate

To me, you go through things like that and you learn from it. You add it on to your life, to try to make your life better. Instead of dogging people, learn something from it. And keep stepping. ↗

— Bootsy Collins

#better #go #instead #keep #learn

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#am #away #because #beneath #challenge

A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job. ↗

— Jackie Cooper

#job #like #lot #nice #people

A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it. ↗

— Jackie Cooper

#i #job #need #nice #satisfied