Creating something new is the difficult part. To make it and build it and get everyone to follow? Amazing.
You get out of life what you put into it. I think you need a bit of luck but you also make a bit of luck. I think that if you’re a pretty decent person you’ll get back what you put in.
I wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that’s 40,000 pieces. And when you finish it, it says ‘go outside.’
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.
Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
The most valuable investment we can make is in our children’s education. When we make education a priority, we give our children opportunity. Opportunity to learn at higher levels than their parents were able to learn; to earn at higher levels than we were able to earn.
If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.
That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.
If you stop at general math, you’re only going to make general math money.
If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands, or were able to draw with their feet and produce the works which men do, horses would draw the forms of gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make the gods’ bodies the same shape as their own.
The way I make something out of nothing, I got that from my mama. That’s 100% her.
Never walk into a hospital crying. Have an attitude that you will make someone else’s life better.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Everyone has complicated lives, but the more you can simplify it and make it work for you, the better it is going to be.
We make war that we may live in peace.
Employees are a company’s greatest asset – they’re your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company’s mission.
I think it’s important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy.
You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.
Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.
We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture – imagine this – where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
My mother had a saying: ‘Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.’
You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
We live life in restaurants, its the center of social life, where we celebrate with family and friends, make new friends, travel without traveling, and of course, eat.
In motivating people, you’ve got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example – and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
You should realize that there is only one version of yourself in the world and that your flaws make you beautiful.
There are two different things: there’s grilling, and there’s barbecue. Grilling is when people say, ‘We’re going to turn up the heat, make it really hot and sear a steak, sear a burger, cook a chicken.’ Barbecue is going low and slow.
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
In life, you have got to make the best of every situation; you have to keep going.
Take risks. Ask big questions. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes; if you don’t make mistakes, you’re not reaching far enough.
Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too.
Small things make me smile.
People ask ‘do you make a conscious effort not to swear?’ – if you’re doing silly stuff you’re not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway.
Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother’s, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
There’s no success story. Everybody’s got a ghetto story. You always want to make it bigger than what it is.
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can’t see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.
Men are liars. We’ll lie about lying if we have to. I’m an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.
We’re all so busy we don’t make time to enjoy our lives, good company and good food.
I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.
A healthy friendship is one where you share your true feelings without fearing the end of the relationship. It’s also one where you sometimes have to let things that bug you slide. The tough moments will make you wiser about yourself and each other. They will also make you stronger and closer as friends.
We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the history we make today.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.
Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make.
Try to see the good in others. When you’re tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth.
It’s always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s Earth.
It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I’m not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person – love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.
I’m human, I’m not perfect. I make mistakes all the time, but I guess my job is to keep those mistakes to myself, which I’m already fine doing and just try to be the best I can be for those kids.
If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
Never make a decision when you are upset, sad, jealous or in love.
