#pin

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#control #crow #dropping #golden #important

All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of two opinions: either that Bob would flog Billy, or Billy would flog Bob. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#billy #bob #consulted #either #issue

We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges. ↗

— Barney Ross

#day #depth #dropping #exit #get

I love a long bath. I love anything creative. I love decorating. I even love just flipping through magazines and vegging out for a while. But I'm also one of those people who loves to work, so I'll sing, dance, work on my next performance, or write whomever it may be about a new idea. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#also #anything #bath #creative #dance

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role. ↗

— Lori Loughlin

#character #developing #much #role #you

I don't let anyone's insecurities, emotions, or opinions bother me. I know that if I am happy, that's all that matters to me. ↗

— Demi Lovato

#anyone #bother #emotions #happy #i

It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost. ↗

— Lyle Lovett

#comes #dealing #difficult #get #give

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#happiness #mere #others #some #stagnation

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#alone #dead #foolish #never #opinions

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. ↗

— John Lubbock

#like #practiced #thing #violin