M. J. Rose Quotes

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.

He will never let the trial surpass the strength He gives you, and at the very moment you think yourself overwhelmed by sorrow, He will lift you up and give you peace.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

Fill the cup of happiness for others, and there will be enough overflowing to fill yours to the brim.

Love aright and you will never be sad. Embrace God's will and you will be filled with joy and peace.

Jay Z got Cano a big raise, but he got him an extra 30-day vacation - and it's called October.

Strengthen in us, O God, the work You have begun in us.

It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words.

I feel I have a responsibility to myself, a responsibility to explain where we're coming from. Because a song or the performance of a song is a lot like a work of art.

See the ball; hit the ball.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Why can't I be MVP of the league? Why can't I be the best player in the league?

Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.

Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures. It fills them with light, strength and consolation; and gives them a foretaste of the calm bliss of our heavenly home.

You never get what you deserve; only what you have the leverage to negotiate.

If you are really into waiting, try holding your breath for Jesus, 'cause I hear the payoff may be that much greater.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

We may not understand His Will for us in time, but in eternity the veil will be drawn and we shall see that He acted only for our happiness.

I have a lot of confidence in my shot and I'm willing to shoot it no matter what.

Humility is the virtue that requires the greatest amount of effort.

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

I Hated Duke. I Felt Like They Only Recruited Black Players That Were Uncle Toms.

I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.

It fills me with joy to realize that I can lay down my life daily for God, that I can sacrifice it willingly for Him. I may not be a martyr for the faith, but I can be a martyr of charity.

If you have someone equal in ability to me I will beat him every time because I will try harder.

More and more leaders around the world are joining the struggle. More and more individuals understand that any abuse of any woman is intolerable.

Am I still in uniform? Then I ain't retired.

The hidden strength is too deep a secret. But in the end...in the end it is our only ally.

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

For the most part, I definitely don't identify as any gender. I'm not a guy; I don't really feel like a woman, but obviously I was born one.

If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom." -Judy Deck in an e-mail sent to Chris Rose

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

And though you should live in a palace of gold, or sleep in a dried up ditch, You could never be as poor as the fairies are, and never as rich.

There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

You see someone on the street wearing an outfit and then it's on the cover of a magazine. I love. But, you know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy.

Sometimes the most worthwhile things are right in front of our eyes. We just make them hard because we think that gives them more value.

A team aligned behind a vision will move mountains

Let us bear our cross and leave it to God to determine the length and the weight.

A kiss without a mustache is like an egg without salt.

I came out of the womb waving red lipstick.

I don't even know my own phone number.

Preach by example of your lives rather than by words. Example is the very best sermon.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.

Forget the boring old dictum, 'Write about what you know.' Instead, seek out an unknown yet knowable area of experience that's going to enhance your understanding of the world and write about that.

He who has Jesus has everything.

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repainting.

What we do is a wonder, an art, and we have a responsibility to do it well.