W.S. Gilbert Quotes
What kind of God do you believe in? my answer is easy: I believe in a magnificent God
We need courage to take ourselves seriously, to look closely and without flinching, to regard the things that frighten us in life and art with wonder.
If (or rather when) you move to death, you’ll learn its language through the educational process known as total immersion. (7)
At some point, you really just have to finish your work and release it as is-if only so you can go on and make other things with a glad and determined heart.
Italian men are beautiful in the same way as French women, which is to say - no detail spared in the quest for perfection.
There is no substantive difference between being stabbed to death in the living beating heart with a physical knife and feeling the plunging stabbing pain of betrayal.
At no point in history has a bright young girl with plenty of food and a good constitution perished from too much learning.
A hero is not measured by the lives that he has saved. A hero is measured by the number of the dead that he did not join.
During my first few weeks in Italy, all my Protestant synapses were zinging in distress, looking for a task. I wanted to take on pleasure like a homework assignment, or a giant science fair project.
Generally speaking, though, Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure. Ours is an entertainment-seeking nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one.
... both pleasure and devotion require a stress-free space in which to flourish...
... the appreciation of pleasure can be an anchor of one's humanity.
It may seem a simple pleasure to spoil our children with a treat of sugar, but that pleasure becomes a sin when the sugar was grown by human beings held in unspeakable misery.
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope.
If you really want to get to know someone, you have to divorce him.
Don't we have the right to not stop seeking until we get as close to the source of wonder as possible? Even if it means coming to India and kissing trees in the moonlight for awhile.
But I love him.""So love him.""But I miss him.""So miss him. Send him love and light every time you think about him, and then drop it.
Her solitary nature means she needs a family to keep her from loneliness my gregarious nature means I will never have to worry about being alone...
These eggs are broken. Cracked.""Yes, ma'am. That happens sometimes.""Does it?""Yes, it's the unfortunate part of being an egg.
We live in a society that only embraces success and that is who we are. It takes a great deal of inner strength to deal with the time commitment of coaching when very little seems to be accomplished.
It is important for coaches to mentor young people toward those things that are most important in life and aid them in creating their own order of priorities to live by.
I think we had to hit rock-bottom in all facets of the program before we could ever start moving in a positive direction.
If you are not a part of the solution then you must be part of the problem. I am done with problems here!
The great cancer facing all of us during this ‘new millennium’ is entitlement.
Before success can truly become routine, there must be that transition from that wanting/hoping to have success toward honestly knowing you can earn success with your talents and work ethic.
To achieve any group goal, individuals must work to improve themselves as a means to improve the group.
I teach our young men that respect is earned each day on the practice field, in the classroom, and how each young man lives his life.
The third year at a school for any head coach is the most important year for the program they are attempting to develop.
Coaches must take calculated risks all the time. One thing is to talk about what you plan to do and another is to prepare and then execute a plan toward change.
It is more likely that coaches have players go down in games they are losing than games they are winning.
America is a country built on unity, hard work and diligent pursuit of personal goals leading to collective success.
Once an athlete feels his coach does not believe in him resentment develops and everyone loses at that point.
The coaches will offer a direction, a plan, routine, discipline and the players must develop the desire to work together accepting their roles as they learn in preparation for the season.
The youth of America need routine, repetition toward excellence, a sound but not punishing discipline, and the opportunity to make mistakes without the feeling of failure.
we first need to get boys out for football and then the plan will gradually come into play
It is so easy to judge those around us and decide their value without knowing who they really are or what they truly represent.
Being fired is part of the risk when anyone plans to take on the responsibility as a head coach.
Winners accept responsibility because acceptance of responsibility nullifies excuses.
The more Christian you are in this town, the more makeup you wear. I've always thought that it's because if you were to die suddenly, you'd look better for God.
Just say what you want to say . . . and say it with all your heart.
Vitamin E, get much sleep, drink much water, travel to a place far away...meditate and teach your heart that this is destiny.” - Wayan
Sometimes, well, all the time, I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff, and then maybe I think of it like five days later.
He hadn't "abused" alcohol, but had spent almost four years sitting in a chair drinking jug wine around the clock and looking, variously, at the wall, the window blind, and the TV screen.
You can let yourself off the hook anytime you want, Liz. That's the divine contract of a little something we call free will.
sometimes the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else - Richard