#ours

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots. ↗

— Thurgood Marshall

#because #bent #boots #bootstraps #down

Two people could build an outhouse in four hours. They're not complicated. ↗

— Robert Maxwell

#complicated #could #four #hours #people

Even if what you're working on doesn't go anywhere, it will help you with the next thing you're doing. Make yourself available for something to happen. Give it a shot. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#available #doing #even #give #go

Personal law is simply the thought that controls your mind and your life more than any other thought. Finding that thought is the most valuable knowledge that you can have about yourself. It is like the leverage on personal change. It enables you to change very efficiently. ↗

— Leonard Orr

#any #change #controls #efficiently #enables

The English say, Yours Truly, and mean it. The Italians say, I kiss your feet, and mean, I kick your head. ↗

— Wilfred Owen

#feet #head #i #italians #kick

Let's stop playing with ourselves and get on with the entertainment, shall we? ↗

— April Winchell

#get #ourselves #playing #shall #stop

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff. ↗

— Kate Adie

#any #child #did #frightened #i

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations. ↗

— Chris Patten

#above #accommodations #course #got #i

You protect your being when you love yourself better. That's the secret. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#better #love #love yourself #protect #secret

When you think you're good, you will play at that level. If you doubt yourself, you will play like crap. ↗

— Kurt Russell

#doubt #good #level #like #play