#oura

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage. ↗

— Georgia O'Keeffe

#arts #courage #create #takes #world

I know that Oswald killed Kennedy. Now, was he pushed? Encouraged to do it by outsiders? Possibly. Possibly. Was he sitting down with Fidel Castro? No. ↗

— Bill O'Reilly

#down #encouraged #fidel #i #kennedy

In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know. ↗

— Sandra Oh

#because #big #close #discouragement #education

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. ↗

— Ben Okri

#always #bit #bore #challenging #completely

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. ↗

— Grace Paley

#fear #forth #go #let us #rage

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself. ↗

— Sonny Perdue

#best #desire #encourage #facts #figures

I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#door #encouraging #front #get #him

My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them. ↗

— Frank Press

#best #colleagues #different #encouraged #gave

I visited the compound of the American embassy and talked to the police and the people and encouraged them, and I told them to take the proper measure and apply the law against the people who are attacking them and attacking the buildings. ↗

— Hesham Qandil

#american #apply #attacking #buildings #compound

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it. ↗

— Bill Rancic

#backbone #big #big fan #business #courage