#ura

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. ↗

— James Whitcomb Riley

#come #determination #discouragement #energy #enthusiasm

But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the case, that he himself gave a course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy, during the same winter, and that the money raised by them was also applied towards paying for the Orrery. ↗

— David Rittenhouse

#applied #believe #case #course #dr

I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#better #doing #expression #figure #get

Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. ↗

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

#costs #decisions #economic #figure #food

I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster. ↗

— Mike Rogers

#available #citizens #continue #dangerous #disaster

I believe we can do more in making the President's vision for space exploration a reality by awarding cash prizes to encourage greater participation of the private sector in the national space program. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#believe #cash #encourage #exploration #greater

I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#bunch #committing #everybody #i #i think

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#eccentric #first #i #just #maybe

I don't think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you don't discourage something that may be rather nice. ↗

— Linda Ronstadt

#get #i #look #love #may

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#able #along #comes #confidence #every