Richard M. DeVos Quotes

I've by and large been a positive person ever since I can remember.

Richard M. DeVos

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• When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself.

  

  Kaitlyn Dever
  • School
  • Friends
  • Remember

• I think I remember being held by my mum as a baby.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Remember
  • Think
  • Baby

• If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Mother

• The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.

  

  Radhanath Swami
  • Mind
  • Remember
  • Spiritual

• I think the important thing we have to remember about football in this country is that it is very vibrant, and it's very good to watch, not only in the flesh but also on TV, because our stadiums are full.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Good
  • Important
  • Country

• Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • World
  • Book
  • Remember

• I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

  

  Vin Diesel
  • Years
  • Old
  • Been

• I think we have gotten to a point as Americans, unfortunately, where we take for granted the magic that life brings and that life is really special and every life matters. We tend to go through life but not take the moment to step back and remember you are here, right now, for a very finite amount of time.

  

  Irvin Mayfield
  • Life
  • Time
  • Remember

• I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Remember
  • American
  • Air

• My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Up
  • Great
  • Family

• If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.

  

  Natalie Morales
  • People
  • Remember
  • Way

• You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren't true, but you never hear about the positive.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Time
  • True
  • Positive

• No major entitlement, once it has been implemented, has ever been unwound.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Been
  • Once
  • Entitlement

• If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.

  

  Sally Field
  • Forever
  • Back
  • Been

• Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Remember
  • Small
  • Friendship

• I was 11 or 12 years old when I first saw 'Reservoir Dogs.' I remember after I saw that film, I kept renting it from the video store because I wanted all of my friends to see it.

  

  Samm Levine
  • Friends
  • Remember
  • Old

• I remember the first day of school my first year in the classroom. My stomach churned with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. Could I do the job? Could I connect with the kids? Will there be the chemistry to build relationships and get the job done, or will I totally flop?

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • School
  • Done
  • Job

• I remember a Stephen Harper once upon a time... You've become what you used to oppose... Mr. Harper, what happened to you? What changed?

  

  Jack Layton
  • Time
  • Remember

• For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules - it hasn't been taught us by means of strict rules, either.

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Remember

• The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet will slowly keep warming for some time to come.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Up
  • Time
  • Truth

• These guys that take a shower, grab a cup of coffee, and go straight to the tee? That's not the way to do it. When you warm up, hit 20 to 25 wedges, a few middle irons, and 10 to 15 3-woods and drivers. If you're going to putt, give yourself 10 minutes.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Up
  • Yourself
  • Coffee

• I went professional with my partner, Erin Boag, 11 years ago, and we had success competing round the world, but appearing on 'Strictly' has changed my life.

  

  Anton du Beke
  • Life
  • World
  • Success

• I swing with a lot of torque from non-fiction to fiction, and I really like that place in between.

  

  Debra Granik

• I've by and large been a positive person ever since I can remember.

  

  Richard M. DeVos
  • Remember
  • Positive
  • Been