#yours

Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself. ↗

— Jessye Norman

#balance #between #find #need #people

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#ballads #country #even #feeling #listen

Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah. ↗

— Michael O'Donoghue

#end #government #hands #once #put

Night time really is the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone is asleep. ↗

— Catherine O'Hara

#because #best #best time #everyone #ideas

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#behind #car #doing #driving #housework

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential. ↗

— Barack Obama

#asks #because #buck #certain #focusing

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#always #am #any #attacks #because

When I get up and work out, I'm working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It's just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#also #am #because #dearly #get

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#ahead #decency #dignity #getting #hard

I don't ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing 'cos that's just... that's just telling yourself a lie. ↗

— Frank Ocean

#cos #ever #i #i can #just