Category Archives: Quotes
Composer And Music
Image via WikipediaIf a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
If You Can Imagine It
Image by Cia de Foto via FlickrIf you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.
You Only Have To Do A Few Things Right In Your Life
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeYou only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.
Castles In The Air
Image via WikipediaIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Happiness
Image by sir_watkyn via FlickrThe foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
When An Egg Breaks
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When an egg breaks by a power outside, a life ends. When an egg breaks by a power inside, a life begins. Great things always begin from the power inside!
— Author Unknown
Believing In Yourself
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When you’re feeling down the answer is to pick yourself up, not to try to get used to it.
The further down you go, the more ‘up’ there is to aim for.
Believing in yourself means believing in others too.
You are never as wrong as you think you might be.
Mistakes are made in the past… success is in the future.
Today I will do my best to be better than I’ve ever been.
— Succeed With Me by Selwa Anthony with Jimmy Thomson
Effort And Chance, As Much As Innate Talent, Are What Counts
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It might seem daunting to think that effort and chance, as much as innate talent, are what counts. But I find it encouraging because, while our genetic makeup is out of our control, our degree of effort is up to us. And the effects of chance, too, can be controlled to the extent that by committing ourselves to repeated attempts, we can increase our odds of success.
— The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
Negativity And Criticism
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I tend to see all negativity and criticism as a good thing because people are at least tasking about me.
— Singer Christina Aguilera