People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out.
I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.
Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.
I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.
It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice
Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.
Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
It seems more than likely that the translating of poetry is going to rub off on the translator if he or she is a poet.
It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, i was very near to a kingdom of ideal beauty. Between it and me hung only a thin veil. I could never draw it quite aside, but sometimes a wind fluttered it and I caught a glimpse of the enchanting realms beyond-only a glimpse-but those glimpses have always made life worthwhile.
It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good.
My mother kept alive the best part for my sister and me. At the same time, she's always been someone who's very straight and solid, which wasn't that -common in families with "'68er" parents.