The essence of a vow does not consist in the difficulty of its performance but in the determination behind it unflinchingly to stick to it in the teeth of difficulties.
Spirituality really lost its way when it became a stick to beat people with: ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.
My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small. . . my body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs of bobby socks because I don't want people to see how thin they are.
By the inquiry 'Who am I?'. The thought 'who am I?' will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for stirring the burning pyre, it will itself in the end get destroyed. Then, there will arise Self-realization.
This does not come naturally. I have to work out 60 to 90 minutes at least five days a week and stick to a high- fiber, low-calorie eating plan.
You aren't going to stick around long with just two pitches
I swear I have never told a player to attack another player. In fact, I have told my players if they ever hear me saying something like this, they can break a stick over my skull. I ask only that they play aggressively.
I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.
You have to love dancing to stick to it.
I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick.
If the fruit is green it will not fall to the ground even if you beat it with a sharp stick. When it is ripe it falls of its own accord in the silence of the night.
A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff.
Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one's guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised.
Teddy Roosevelt. . . once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick. ' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.
I believe when you say you're going to start a race at 2 p. m. then you should stick to that and start the race at 2 p. m. There's no maybe, could be or should be. You start the race on time. It's very simple.
If you don't stick to your plan enough, and you're too seduced by whimsical notions and new ideas, you can kind of lose your train of thought and end up with something that doesn't have a solid through-line.
He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.
Sometimes all you need to live one more day is a good reason to stick around.
He planned to stick to her like pasties on a stripper.
I thought I was going to die a few times. On the Freedom Ride in the year 1961, when I was beaten at the Greyhound bus station in Montgomery, I thought I was going to die. On March 7th, 1965, when I was hit in the head with a night stick by a State Trooper at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I thought I was going to die. I thought I saw death, but nothing can make me question the philosophy of nonviolence.