C.L. Bryant Quotes

The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.

Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.

Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

There is a big difference in wanting to and willing to.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

I've known for a long time that they're a bunch of idiots.

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

We only hurt others because we don't love ourselves. Learning to truly love yourself changes your relationship with everyone.

If you want to make history, you have to do historic things

The most important thing, the thing that unites all of us, is that we can INSPIRE and CHALLENGE one another TO BE BETTER.

You can make money two ways - make more, or spend less.

Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

Dropkick Murphys get me going, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana... plus, all the regular hip-hop stuff.

I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end.

I wear the number 10 Jersey for the US National Team in honour of the Greatest athlete I have ever seen: Messi.

I was very emotional. I cried when I got into the locker room. I didn’t want to show that stuff on the sideline.

The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep to-night.

It is said to be the manner of hypochondriacs to change often their physician.

Hark to that shrill, sudden shout, The cry of an applauding multitude, Swayed by some loud-voiced orator who wields The living mass as if he were its soul!

Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation.

There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water.

But 'neath yon crimson tree Lover to listening maid might breathe his flame, Nor mark, within its roseate canopy, Her blush of maiden shame.