Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head.Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.
I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way.
I have to go on being a priest and bishop, that is, to celebrate God and what God has done in Jesus, and to offer in God's name whatever I can discern of God's perspective on the world around - something which involves both challenge and comfort.
I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself
When Stevie and I joined the band, we were in the midst of breaking up, as were John and Christine. By the time Rumours was being recorded, things got worse in terms of psychology and drug use. It was a large exercise in denial - in order for me to get work done.
There's a need to keep the history of an artform going, parallel with the new work that's being done.
If you want to know who is being hurt in this society, go see what is being done and to whom in pornography and then go look for them other places in the world.
Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Learn from it... tomorrow is a new day.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
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