#tone

But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'. ↗

— Marat Safin

#behind #care #coming #everything #fault

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#cathedral #define #essential #him #man

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs work with character, dialogue, plot and tone,' and when you ask what's left, they say: 'Well, the typing is very good.' ↗

— John Sayles

#character #day #dialogue #feel #get

On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#commanded #day #forgiveness #hurt #jews

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

#conditions #created #energies #exercise #gives

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#anyone #calmly #even #expect #few

I think you hear, at least as an undertone, and it's going to grow louder, is that we believe that capitalism is the mantra of the day and anything that creeps towards socialism is a problem. ↗

— Tim Scott

#believe #capitalism #creeps #day #going

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#confessions #death #hearing #like #nuns

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty. ↗

— Hu Shih

#another #beauty #become #cornerstone #cultural

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#determine #downs #goals #life #obstacles