#elf

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty. ↗

— William Bennett

#develop #difficulty #even #give #greater

I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do. ↗

— Kate Beckinsale

#action #action movies #actor #being #dangerous

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself. ↗

— Venerable Bede

#compose #copy #dictate #i #i am

I believe in breakfast. It's the one meal that my kids usually eat without a fuss, so that's huge. As for myself, I can't function without it, and I see it as a great way to get some healthy greens in, some coffee, and on a good day, maybe even some news of the world via the newspaper. ↗

— Samantha Bee

#breakfast #coffee #day #eat #even

Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. ↗

— Lyman Beecher

#chase #death #itself #lie #never

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#errors #intolerable #more #nothing #own

I feel slightly uneasy at the way historians are consulted as if history is going to repeat itself. It never does. ↗

— Antony Beevor

#does #feel #going #historians #history

The American people expect public servants to be able to police themselves. But instead of designing a system to enforce ethical conduct, Tom Delay and his cohorts have implemented a self protection system. Obviously, it wasn't good for democracy. ↗

— Chris Bell

#american #american people #conduct #delay #democracy

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort. ↗

— Adrian Belew

#effort #favorite #myself #out #parts

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. ↗

— Alexander Graham Bell

#credit #developments #discoveries #due #feel