It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
I’ve never given myself a lot of credit because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself – when I got divorced and took control of my life.
We may hold different points of view but it is in times of stress and difficulty that we most need to remember that we have much more in common than there is dividing us.
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.
Of course, I have nothing against the language changing, but there must be reasonableness in it, so that it does not become a mere gas can. On the other hand, new words are sometimes added that I wouldn’t do without – for example, “smug”. It’s my new favorite word. It’s a wonderfully oily word, a precise word that covers a certain type of person with a high degree of self-confidence in their own abilities.
If you can not join them, beat them.
It’s – sorry my French – some damn nonsense. There are certainly also pig farmers and cattle farmers who go in clean boots and clothes. You will probably find most of them, so that is why it is nonsense.
All footballers are motivated by money – those who say otherwise are lying.
Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
The early bird catches the worm. The early worm gets eaten.
I had to go through so horribly much before I found out to skip where the fence is lowest.
You may have had fun at the time teasing, but in fact it wasn’t much fun to be teased. But I thank you, somewhere, for having done it, because it made me take up something that I love to this day – and that no one, then or now, can take me away from.
In this house, I’m not famous. Because the dog doesn’t care. And my children hopefully appreciate me more for our regular interaction and conversations,
The one who comes first to the mill gets milled first
Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
You are only as happy as your least happy child-
It is better to have clean nails than soil between the ears.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired at the age of eighteen.
When you are extra strong, you have a special obligation to be sweet to others
Our modern world places such heavy demands on our time and attention that the need to remember our responsibilities to others is greater than ever.
I have a small walk-in closet, and it can easily turn into a recycling museum, so I’ve also learned to sort out. When you are as old as I am, it is very important not to get sloppy and wear boring clothes.
I was raised in a free and liberal home. I have never felt threatened by other cultures, other colors or other ways of thinking. In 30 years, there will be more and more colors in the minds of the people who walk around our streets. And we want to move around a lot more ourselves. It is also necessary that we open up if we are to remain strong at that time.
An amazing breathlessness arises because we fill our lives with emptiness and Facebook. In a discussion about the empty calories of Facebook, someone close to me said with great seriousness: “I have 190 friends on Facebook.” Then I replied: “Yes, but hardly one of them will pick up your coffin the day you leave here.” Why not use the time for some fewer and real friends in the real world.
There’s one thing worse than being boring. It is to be immoral