#your

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire. ↗

— Fred Shero

#fire #first #must #result #set

At the moment you are no longer an observing, reflecting being; you have ceased to be aware of yourself; you exist only in that quiet, steady thrill that is so unlike any excitement that you have ever known. ↗

— May Sinclair

#aware #being #ceased #ever #excitement

It takes guts and bravery and heart to walk a mile in a single girl’s shoes. And sometimes a fabulous pedicure. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#being-fabulous #being-single #bravery #confidence #courage

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#better #days #i #our time #reading

The sort of thinking at the time was, 'Well, we're giving you access to medical care which you wouldn't otherwise be able to get, so your payment is that we get to use you in research.' ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#access #care #get #giving #medical

I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism. ↗

— Rachel Ward

#been #critically #i #into #own

Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden. ↗

— Isaac Watts

#called #come #depart #down #government

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#greatest #greatest importance #importance #job #just

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#ask #bad #bad news #company #easy

Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets. ↗

— Naomi Watts

#certainly #deeper #drying #exciting #gets