#yours

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#agents #allow #being #discouraged #either

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#fool #great #great pleasure #him #himself

Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#amount #any #because #director #directors

Everybody saying you can't do this, you can't do that. I don't know why. Guess if you listen to it, you can convince yourself of it. ↗

— Fuzzy Zoeller

#everybody #guess #i #know #listen

A lot of amateurs are terrified of going up against a player who is clearly better than they are. They never play their best, because they aren't comfortable. There's one surefire way to get over that, and it's to ask yourself, 'What if I beat him?' Imagine the possibility. ↗

— Fuzzy Zoeller

#ask #beat #because #best #better

That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I said, Okay, I'll try to write a hundred tunes in a year. ↗

— John Zorn

#challenge #challenges #composer #doing #hundred

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.' ↗

— Mariah Carey

#find #going #i #i am #inner

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. ↗

— Johnny Unitas

#believe #between #bragging #conceit #confidence

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#bored #could #die #find #had

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#develop #enthusiasm #get #gusto #hobby