Backbone Quotes

• To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

  Reba McEntire

  Life, Success, Positivity

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You're my backbone. You're a blessing. You're a piece of my heart. You're the air I breathe. And you're the strongest person I know, and I'm so sorry for having to put you through this and having to put our family through this.

  Kobe Bryant

  Sorry, Heart, Apology

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• The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.

  Mia Hamm

  Success, Determination, Hard Work

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• Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been.

  Ronald Reagan

  Men, Should Have, Wishbones

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• Have the backbone to go after what you want in life. It's too easy to settle.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Want, Easy, Settling

  Twitter post from Jan 02, 2014

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• Toughness is not being a bully, it’s having a backbone.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Bullying, Being Bullied, Toughness

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• For your own good, for the good of your family and your future, grow a backbone. When something is wrong, stand up and say it is wrong, and don't back down.

  Dave Ramsey

  Your Future, Grows

  Dave Ramsey (2010). “The Money Answer Book: Quick Answers to Everyday Financial Questions”, p.64, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Bullying, Fear, Play

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• Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?

  Bear Grylls

  Strong, Ego, Enough

  Bear Grylls (2012). “A Survival Guide for Life”, p.152, Random House

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• It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.

  George Matthew Adams

  Men, Imagination, Brain

  George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.28, Ravenio Books

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• We need a backbone, not a wishbone.

  Joyce Meyer

  Needs, Wishbones

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• I have the backbone of an eel.

  Betty White

  Eels

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Success, Men, Practice

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• My brothers are my backbone. My parents are my oxygen. I can't live without them.

  David Cook

  Brother, Oxygen, Parent

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• If you want to succeed in life...you must pick 3 bones to carry with you at all times: a wish bone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

  Reba McEntire

  Wish, Want, Succeed

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• Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be.

  Clementine Paddleford

  Inspirational, Strength, Encouraging

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• A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd wants to take the easy road home. A true leader cannot be dependent on companionship for his or her security, but must learn to trust in God alone.

  Leslie Ludy

  Home, Leader, Crowds

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• My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Zero, Support You

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• The wishbone will never replace the backbone.

  Henry Wilson Allen

  Inspirational, Work, Safety

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• Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.

  Confucius

  Character, Culture, Music Is

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• The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Witty, Powerful, Humorous

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• What's great about comedy, obviously, is that you set up a situation that people assume one thing and then you break the assumption. That's basically the backbone to comedy. You set up a situation, let people make an assumption, and then you break the assumption.

  Bryan Cranston

  People, Comedy, Assuming

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 2, 2003.

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• the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Inspiring, New Year, Inspiration

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• The backbone of our nation's domestic defense against terrorist attacks will continue to be the men and women in local law enforcement and emergency services.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Men, Law, Police

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