#vic

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#battles #consists #fighting #happiness #itself

After failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#attention #failing #food #four #just

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war. ↗

— William McKinley

#conflict #eminence #ever #interest #let us

I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#death #during #ever #extended #i

The main thing is healthy eating, exercise, which I do for special events, like if it's Sports Illustrated, or the swim suit catalogue for Victoria's Secret, or my own calendar that I did for the year 2000. ↗

— Heidi Klum

#catalogue #did #eating #events #exercise

There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#defenders #defense #during #faith #fighting

When I became of service to other people I stopped worrying about my weight so much. ↗

— Judith Light

#became #i #much #other #people

I struggled for 15 years in this business before Miami Vice came along. ↗

— Don Johnson

#before #business #came #i #miami

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#commonly #evidently #wanted #welcome #which

The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did. ↗