Life would pall if it were all sugar; salt is bitter if taken by itself; but when tasted as part of the dish, it savours the meat. Difficulties are the salt of life. Robert Baden-Powell Read Quote
Whether or not you discover your talents and passions is partly a matter of opportunity. If you’ve never been sailing, or picked up an instrument, or tried to teach or to write fiction, how would you know if you had a talent for these things? Ken Robinson Read Quote
I want to consistently play well and win titles. I’m only at the beginning. Cristiano Ronaldo Read Quote
I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist. Dan Shechtman Read Quote
I’m very proud that I have learned German and Russian. Especially Russian, because of how difficult and beautiful it is and because of how much I struggled in the beginning to get my head around how it works. John Grant Read Quote
Seeing your work in print is exciting, especially when you’re young. It’s that feeling that you have some effect on the world outside of your immediate neighbourhood. Shaun Tan Read Quote
I used to say to my bubbe, ‘Bubbe, is this story true?’ And she’d say, ‘Of course it’s true! But it may not have happened.’ What my bubbe was saying is profound: All stories are true. The truth is the journey you take through it – did it make you laugh, cry, seek and want justice? Then it’s true. Patricia Polacco Read Quote
It feels great to win and I can’t be more thankful to the Lord for walking me through every step. God was and is so faithful every time. Webb Simpson Read Quote
I spent three and a half years writing the novel ‘Chang & Eng,’ about the conjoined brothers for whom the term ‘Siamese twins’ was contrived, and when I think of these afflicted people, my only emotion is one of profound sympathy. Darin Strauss Read Quote
