John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one’s self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able.John Lancaster Spalding
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Baruch Spinoza -
My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
Zoe Kravitz -
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Earl Weaver -
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
Bebe Rexha -
No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
Barbara Walters -
It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
Karl Pilkington
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
Gates McFadden -
The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
Dana Boente -
There have been weeks when I've not been hydrating properly or not eating properly or training too hard. When I do that, I don't feel good. It has to be the exact formula.
Landon Donovan -
At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
Larry Wilmore -
I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
Larry Wall -
I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
Idris Elba -
I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
Jack Reynor -
I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
Vijender Singh -
I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
Dakota Blue Richards -
Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.
Dan Gilbert
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A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.
Marvin Olasky -
My interest in photography is not to capture an image I see or even have in my mind, but to explore the potential of moments I can only begin to imagine.
Lois Greenfield -
There is something infinitely better than doing a great thing for
G. Campbell Morgan -
There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.
Emil Cioran -
The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one’s self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able.
John Lancaster Spalding