#yours

I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea until you have invested enough of yourself in it that you are not going to turn back. When a person has an idea at that conception moment it is the most vulnerable - one negative comment could knock you off course. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#back #comment #conception #conscious #conscious decision

Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them? ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#actor #arms #brain #brain cells #cells

There are few restrictions on your life with asthma, as long as you take care of yourself. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#care #few #life #long #restrictions

When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better? ↗

— Tony Dungy

#better #complain #feel #gonna #how

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being. ↗

— Steven Biko

#being #black #blackness #committed #describing

One of the things I realized early in my career is that you do what you believe, in knowing that if you don't, you will never like yourself. When you compromise out of fear or ambition, it eats inside you. ↗

— Samuel Dash

#believe #career #compromise #early #eats

We're nothing if we're not loved. When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#important thing #loved #meet #more #most

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision. ↗

— Robyn Davidson

#any #decision #did #difficult #endeavor

You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying. ↗

— Lynn Davies

#board #carefully #coach #got #implement

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. ↗

— Larry Bird

#final #give #inch #push #sounds