#won

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#comes #difference #obstinacy #other #perseverance

From 1941 to 1945 we won a war by enlisting the whole-hearted support of all our people and all our resources. ↗

— James Forrestal

#our people #people #resources #support #war

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#average #being #culture #does #exist

It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the characters they are portraying. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#connecting #enough #hit #just #no point

I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't. ↗

— Dana Hill

#felt #i #mountain #nervous #no reason

I won't stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband is a doctor, just like I won't stop standing up for veterans because my father served in World War II. ↗

— Shelley Berkley

#affordable #affordable health care #because #care #doctor

Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated. ↗

— Isaiah Berlin

#being #established #ever #few #ideas

I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house. ↗

— Yogi Berra

#i #i think #keeps #kids #league

I'm not trying to be evasive, but when I say yes and no, I say 'yes' because there are narrow-minded people that won't look past the logo and 'no' because 'American Idol' put me in front of millions of people and I would not have a career without 'Idol.' ↗

— Bo Bice

#american idol #because #career #evasive #front

I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance. ↗

— Ronald Biggs

#attendance #building #i #proper #putting