Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aaron Schock

I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did,

Charlotte Bronte

Adversity is a good school.

Charles Dickens

It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Charles Caleb Colton

Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

Charles Caleb Colton

He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.

Charles Stanley

Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them.

Charles Spurgeon

Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible.

Carlos Fuentes

By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word.

C. S. Lewis

Here at last is the thing I was made for.

C. S. Lewis

Ah, poor Pole. It's been to much for her, this last bit. Turned her head, I shouldn't wonder. She's beginning to see things.

Jimmy Johnson

We have to find some speed and turn things around. Thankfully, we had a strong start to the season, so this last month we really didn't have to race our way in. But we've got to find it in a hurry.

Agnetha Faltskog

Abba's last tour was a success but awful for me.

Joe Minucci

We were at the lowest of lows last year. We couldn't get any lower. This year we are looking to make a playoff push, and trying to win the division.

Alan Rudolph

It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one.

Charles Dickens

Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.

Charles Simmons

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Mark Patterson

Whenever someone takes a lesser role in the operations, it's not too uncommon to see this type of thing.

Marjorie Gubelmann

When you're young, you worry about what other people think. The older you get, the less that matters.

Donald Sterling

When you're winning, anything you say has value. When you're losing, the less you say, the better.

Katrina Kelner

We were already worried about the 2004 paper and this doesn't make us any less worried.

John Landgraf

There is a lot less overt bigotry in America.

Celso Senise

There is a lot less money for high-risk investments and no liquidity. The polls are not enough.

J. C. Watts

The popular things become more popular and the less-popular things get less popular.

Cael Sanderson

Unless you continually work, evolve, and innovate, you'll learn a quick and painful lesson from someone who has.

Dan Savage

There are so many people out there with less shame talking about their problems.

Steve Sullivan

We were being embarrassed. We were being intimidated, we just sat and told ourselves that we can outplay them.

Ashley Pelzek

We've set ourselves up well. We know we can win these games.

Andi Anderson

We usually redeem ourselves in the second half. We just had to play more steady and we had a lot of turnovers.

Bryan Mullins

We stuck together. We didn't get down on ourselves or point fingers.

Ben Roethlisberger

We still see ourselves as the underdogs. We always have. If people want to pick us, they can.

Corey Claitt

We started off real slow this season, but we wanted to put ourselves back on the map.

Keith Foulke

We're not going to roll over. It's unfortunate that we've put ourselves in this situation. But we're not going to give it to them. We're going to go out there and fight, fight, fight.

Gloria Starr

We're ruining ourselves around the world by using inappropriate verbiage and symbols.

Denny Rinehart

We're going to throw ourselves right in there, headfirst, and see what we're made of right from the beginning.

Carlos Beltran

My goal is to win. It doesn't matter how I do. I want to do well, but I just want the team to win.

Carlos Beltran

Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can.

Carlos Gonzalez

I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve.

Carlos Gonzalez

I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.

Carlos Ghosn

More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet.

Carl Crawford

I hate walking around known as a team that loses all the time.

Rick Adelman

We were a team without a personality. With Ron, we have one.

Steve Bruce

We were always the better team but Everton threw on their He-Men and I was always worried they would get a touch or ricochet.

Alan Shearer

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

Tom Herrion

We've still got a lot of work to do. The bye is nice, but we've got to go play come tournament time.

Peter Wright

Lennart is getting better. This tournament is part of his recovery.

Bobby Jones

I never learned a thing from a tournament I won.

Corey Brewer

We're in the tournament to win it all.

Mike Conners

Were in the tournament now, and in the tournament anything can happen.

Gary Bettman

If accommodations have to be made, they'll have to be made in how the tournament is scheduled.

Cassie Johnson

We will be here until the end of the tournament to watch the USA men's team. Hopefully, they'll get to the finals.

Stan Javier

This tournament doesn't tell the truth about major-leaguers.

Kim Clijsters

Yeah, it was (the quickest tournament I've won),

C. S. Lewis

You see, Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs. - The Silver Chair

Kent Kersten

We have some bruises and we may have one or two wrestlers out. We were injury-free when we won the duals championship in 2003. It's not the same this year.

Abby Wambach

I would trade all the individual awards I've won for a World Cup.

Diane von Furstenberg

We all have a Wonder Woman inside us.

Bryce Courtenay

Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love, and daring. When we cease to tell or listen, then we no longer exist as a people.

Elizabeth Wilson

It's one thing to be talented, but the other thing is connections - with agents, with people; that's what makes a difference, and from the beginning, I've had wonderful representation.

Alan Moore

Now everything is wonderful and hazardous and nothing's hypothetical.

Alan Alda

I'm in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.

E. B. White

We've won here now so we don't have to worry about the 15-year thing.