#tis

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. ↗

— John Wooden

#best #capable #direct #direct result #effort

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left. ↗

— John Wooden

#believe #bend #coaching #colleges #down

I would like above any other place to go to Hartford. I want to face the conservatism there centered and compel it into decency. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#any #centered #compel #conservatism #decency

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#artist #beyond #excessively #him #literature

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#amazingly #meaning #ordinary #out #satisfies

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge. ↗

— Herman Wouk

#challenge #humor #i #regard #supreme

Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power. ↗

— Mary Wortley

#being #duty #good #may #power

I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top. ↗