#use

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. ↗

— Austin O'Malley

#knees #practical #prayer #shoes #soles

Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense. ↗

— Austin O'Malley

#before #cause #child #offense #sure

Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's right for them and their family. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#day #destiny #end #end of the day #everything

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#basketball #basketball player #because #business #else

I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#bad #bad thing #because #been #believe

My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don't take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#ball #basketball #dream #father #gave

But that is the only thing that slows me down is the system. No one, two or three was big enough to slow me down, only the system. It was the system that slowed me down to make my numbers fall. Not because I am older. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#because #big #big enough #down #enough

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.' ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#aristotle #because #big #day #down

When I get old, I'm going to the old folks' home. I don't want to be one of those guys who's hanging around the house bothering the kids. But not just any old folks' home. I want the whole top floor. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#around #bothering #floor #folks #get

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#abuse #deprivation #i #neglect #overcome