#thought

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward. ↗

— Andre Agassi

#best #dad #even #forward #going

Wilson thought in terms of the whole world; Harding was for America first. And, finally, whereas Wilson wanted America to exert itself nobly, Harding wanted to give it a rest. ↗

— Frederick Lewis Allen

#exert #finally #first #give #harding

When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#get #go #got #high #high school

I love it when people say, 'You're nothing like I thought you were going to be' - which always means, 'I like you so much more than I thought I was going to.' ↗

— Debby Boone

#going #i #i love #like #love

Success is not only a goal. It is a journey. When you commit yourself to the journey, the goal is surely there to be attained. ↗

— Sakshi Chetana

#positive-thoughts #success #inspirational

The real strength of the rose bush is not in the flowers but in the roots and the branches. ↗

— Dorcas Kareithi

#thought-provoking #inspirational

Even when we do not actively participate in our destiny, we are still on a chosen path. Life has a way of making decisions for us. ↗

— Nina Guilbeau

#life-lessons #self-help #self-improvement #thought-provoking #thoughtful

Actual message in letter I mailed: Congrats on getting married! Here’s a hundred-dollar gift certificate to Amazon.com. You could buy something practical, or you could buy 101 copies of my .99 cents ebook. Just kidding—I didn’t mean to imply that buying 101 copies of my book was impractical. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#books #gift-certificate #impractical #insightful #letter

Sometimes we choose the road we follow. And sometimes the road chooses us. ↗

— Richie Singh

#inspirational-life #life #philosophical #thought-provoking #inspirational

Everyone who’s born has come from the sea. Your mother’s womb is just a sea in small. And birds come of seas on eggs. Horses lie in the sea before they’re born. The placenta is the sea. Your blood is the sea continued in your veins. We are the ocean — walking on the land. ↗

— Timothy Findley

#thought-provoking #inspirational