God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
To me, ideology is corrupt; it’s a parasite on religious structures. To be an ideologue is to have all of the terrible things that are associated with religious certainty and none of the utility. If you’re an ideologue, you believe everything that you think. If you’re religious, there’s a mystery left there.
I’m so thankful to everyone who has helped me along the way.
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
That’s my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck’s back. If it’s not positive, I didn’t hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.
You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
Being real is what keeps me humble. It doesn’t matter how much money I make or how much I accomplish. What’s critical is staying real to myself and keeping my feet on the ground. That’s what helps keep me going.
Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.
You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.
There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.
Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, ‘Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and yelling, ‘You want a piece of me?’
The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.
My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
I will never be happy without having someone. Going to sleep alone kills me.
Everyone has different paths. I’ve been lucky to have a good support system – my family, friends and colleagues to keep me grounded and humble and to keep working hard. I never give up.
Water for me is so essential, like swimming.
Resting for me is fitness training.
When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be.
The strongest governments on earth cannot clean up pollution by themselves. They must rely on each ordinary person, like you and me, on our choices, and on our will.
I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.
Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect – But tell me the truth.
Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
The best success, for me, is not one trophy. It’s not harmony. It’s when players improve and grow.
A scam is a scam. A fraud is a fraud. Different rules don’t apply in the City than they do for you and me.
Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.
I’m not going to disrespect you, don’t disrespect me.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
God has blessed me with an amazing family, friends and work colleagues that have been my joy, my support, and my sanity. I don’t know what I’d do without them.
I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it’s time for me to move away from the game.
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.
I’ve been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.
The most important decision I’ve made in business? The choices of people I have around me. When I first started I brought everybody with me, my homies from the neighborhood, criminals. I just said, ‘Come on everybody, we made it.’ Then I had to realize we didn’t make it. I made it.
I love Australia; it was a really, really nice experience for me. It’s such a beautiful place. The people are beautiful – like, really beautiful – and they are beautiful in terms of their personalities. It’s a great place to be. It’s like you are in a little bit of a dream world.
The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another.
The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.
If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.
My parents taught me about the importance of qualities like kindness, respect, and honesty, and I realize how central values like these have been to me throughout my life.
Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
So many times, people told me I can’t do this or can’t do that. My nature is that I don’t listen very well. I’m very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don’t let anything stand in my way.
Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don’t have to be nice anymore.
For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you’ll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you’ll have a bad day where you’re really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, ‘Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?’
The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, ‘That can be me.’ So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn’t realize back then that I was having a defining moment.
The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.
My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more.
I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.
If a girl have beef with me, she gon’ have beef with me forever.
I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
When I’m lying in my bed I think about life and I think about death and neither one particularly appeals to me.
Failure is a word unknown to me.
Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point.
Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.
Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Let me show you how it’s done… Loser!
There is no definition of beauty, but when you can see someone’s spirit coming through, something unexplainable, that’s beautiful to me.
Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what’s important.
I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.
If people are going to judge me without fully understanding the content of my character, then their opinion just isn’t worth it.
John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I’m on borrowed time.
