#maze

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. ↗

— William James

#accomplished #accordingly #act #amazed #attitude

When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love. ↗

— Erica Jong

#authors #could #dust #i #icons

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#amazement #recollection #write #yourself

The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#am #amazed #fact #i #i am

I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#always #amazed #could #felt #form

It always amazed me that he was able to do it, and that Orson Welles was able to do it. I never understood it because the talents are absolutely opposite - polar opposites. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#absolutely #always #amazed #because #i

It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#amazes #controversial #me #seems #talking

Even this vein of writing is so foreign to me that I am amazed. ↗

— David O. Selznick

#amazed #even #foreign #i #i am

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze. ↗

— Barbara Sher

#invented #like #maze #obstacles #ones

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed. ↗