Sweat and Blood

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle."

~ unknown

Source: Google images (search: "sports quotes")

Freedom

"Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed -- else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die."

~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Source: quotegarden.com

Stark Apologies

"Pepper, it's me. I've got a lot of apologies to make and not a lot of time, so... first off. I'm so sorry I put you in harm's way. That was selfish and stupid and it won't happen again. Also, it's Christmas time. The rabbit's too big. Done. Sorry. And I'm sorry in advance because... I can't come home yet. [pauses] I need to find this guy. You gotta stay safe. That's all I know. I just stole a poncho from a wooden Indian."

~ Tony Stark, Iron Man 3

Source: imdb.com > Iron Man 3 > quotes

Miles To Go

"These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."

~ Robert Frost, "Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening"

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 7 March 2014

Unintentional Menace

"God save us from people who mean well."

~ Vikram Seth

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 20 June 2014

Superstitious Fears

"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls."

~ George Carlin

"Get ready! Today is both Friday the 13th and a full moon. Superstitious fears about Friday the 13th began in the late 19th century, but belief that the full moon causes chaos has ancient roots."

~ Goodreads

While I don't believe in superstitions and luck, if asked I would tell you that I consider Friday, the number 13, the full moon, and wolves all to be good luck.             Jessy

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 13 June 2014

Possibility

"So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible."

~ Norton Juster

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 2 June 2014

The World Itself

"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen."

~ John

Source: The King James Bible > John 21:25

Football

"When I meet a European, the first thing I say is, "I'd much rather watch football than football." But I'm just teasing them, and they know I'd really rather watch football than football."

~ Jarod Kintz

Source: Goodreads quotes > quotes about soccer

Rattle the Stars

"Look at you! Glowing like a solar fire. You're something special, Jim. You're gonna rattle the stars, you are."

~ John Silver, Treasure Planet

Source: imdb.com > Treasure Planet (2002) > quotes

Words to Story

"When we are young, the words are scattered all around us. As they are assembled by experience, so also are we, sentence by sentence, until the story takes shape."

~ Louise Erdrich

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 7 June 2014

Sing!

"Lift every voice and sing."

~ James Weldon Johnson

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Beautiful

"You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful."

~ Amy Bloom

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 13 June 2014

Philosophical

"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."

~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 26 April 2014

He That Reads and Hears

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand."

~ John of Patmos

Source: The King James Bible > Revelation 1:3

The Nonpareil Event

"Soccer is a great game, and the rich variety of styles and passions that come with being truly global makes the World Cup a nonpareil event in the universe of competitive sport."

~ Serge Schmemann

Source: brainyquote.com

Different Now

"You're different now. You see it, don't you? You hurt people all the time."

~ Baelfire [to his father]

Once Upon a Time > season one > episode #19 "The Return"
Source: ouatquotes.tumblr.com > archive > 21 June 2012

Rivered Soul

"I have found beauty even in the shipwrecked thoughts that litter the very bottom of your tear filled seas."

~ R. A. Ramos

Source: Instagram > @raramos_

Knowledge

"No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire."

~ L. Frank Baum

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 15 May 2014

The Fire Burning Inside

"Dreams are what keep us going. They're a reflection of who we are, what we want to be, and what we want from life. Our dreams, hopes, and aspirations keep the fire burning inside us and motivate us to keep going even when everything seems futile. [. . .]"

~ Quotery.com

Source: Quotery.com > Topics > Dreams > intro

Mess and Complications

"What are you going to do? Everything, is my guess. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications."

~ Nora Ephron

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Monday, 19 May 2014

How Much He'd Learned

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

~ Mark Twain

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 15 June 2014

All Is Thine

"Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all."

~ Paul

Source: Bible Gateway VOTD, 4 June 2014; The King James Bible > I Chronicles 29:11

More or Less Sane

"It is thanks to my evening reading alone that I am still more or less sane."

~ W. G. Sebald

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 18 May 2014

Shadowy Memory

"For some reason the neatly ordered and abandoned books make me feel sad. Tired. I wish Cassia were with me. She'e turn each page and read every word. I can picture her in the dim light of the cave with her bright eyes and her smile and I close my eyes. That shadowy memory might be as close as I come to seeing her again. We have the map, but the distance we still have to cross looks almost insurmountable."

~ Ally Condie, Crossed

Source: Goodreads > Crossed > Quotes from Crossed

The Right Road and My Own Path

"All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path."

~ Sigrid Undset

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 20 May 2014

A Passion, Not a Purpose

"With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not--they cannot be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind."

~ Edgar Allen Poe

Source: Quotery.com > Topics > Dreams > Edgar Allen Poe

No Uncharitable Prejudice

"I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one."

~ Herman Melville

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Tuesday, 1 April 2014

The People I Couldn't Save

"My regrets are about the people I couldn't save--Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them."

~ Chris Kyle, American Sniper

Source: Goodreads > American Sniper > Quotes from American Sniper

Seek First

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

~ Matthew

Source: The King James Bible > Matthew 6:33

The Courage to Follow

"Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads."

~ Erica Jong

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Radiant

"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun."

~ Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games

Source: Goodreads > The Hunger Games > Quotes from The Hunger Games

The Magic of Translating Words...

"Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space..."

~ Mario Vargas Llosa

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 28 March 2014

Willingness to Wrestle

"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing."

~ August Wilson

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 27 April 2014

Nicer Than New Bread

"I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea."

~ Dodie Smith

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 3 May 2014

Nobility in the Struggle

"There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win."

~ Sharon Pollock

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 19 April 2014

Your Labor is Not in Vain

"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."

~ Paul

Source: The King James Bible > I Corinthians 15:57-58