#tho

I was angry about the fact that my father would beat my mother on a daily basis, that my mother would take it in turn and beat on me. I was an abused child. I was mad about all those things, very bitter and very angry. ↗

— Rick James

#angry #basis #beat #bitter #child

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. ↗

— William James

#accomplished #accordingly #act #amazed #attitude

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#away #conventional #conventional wisdom #i #know

Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#besides #buddy #caused #dead #felt

So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#here #i #inside #might #never

Perhaps there is nothing greater on earth than the sacrifice of youth and beauty, often of high birth, made by the gentle sex in order to work in hospitals for the relief of human misery, the sight of which is so revolting to our delicacy. Peoples separated from the Roman religion have imitated but imperfectly so generous a charity. ↗

— Voltaire

#charity #sacrifice #beauty

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. ↗

— St. Jerome

#eyes #face #heart #mind #mirror

I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned how to play guitar. ↗

— Joan Jett

#chords #diagram #guitar #hands #how

I don't know if I get recognized necessarily, though I do get looked at a lot - but I don't know if it's because of who I am, or if people just think I look weird. ↗

— Joan Jett

#because #get #i #i am #i do

I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know. ↗

— Joan Jett

#how #i #i love #kids #know