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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or… — Seneca the Younger
Everyone gets scared, and everyone falls. The key is to get right back up and try again. — Shannon Miller
As long as you've done your best, making mistakes doesn't matter. You and I are human; we will mess up. What counts is learning from… — Shawn Johnson
I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for… — W. Somerset Maugham
Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, that something… — Napoleon Hill
Again and again I am brought up against it, and again and again I resist it: I don't want to believe it, even though it… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be;… — George Eliot
What I tell these young people is, the world is not as dangerous as the older generation would like you to believe. Anyone I know… — Jonathan Kozol
The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and… — Leo Kottke
Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the finished man. — Wilhelm von Humboldt
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come… — Quintilian
It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could'st make… — Ben Jonson
Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is… — Maya Angelou
I think he knows all my tricks. Or the fact I don't have any tricks - Brendan Shanahan on trying to score against Curtis Joseph.… — Ron Tugnutt
Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or… — Unknown Author
I just made up my mind that I was going to lose my teeth and have my face cut to pieces. — Johnny Bower
The goalie is like the guy on the minefield. He discovers the mines and destroys them. If you make a mistake, somebody gets blown up. — Unknown Author
In a weird way, [hockey] is like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. — Michael Vartan
Sometimes you can press a little bit and you're trying to do too much and you're trying too hard. You want to win so bad… — Ed Belfour
One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me. When someone screams at me to… — Mario Lemieux
Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride… — Paul Coffey
I grew up trying to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, not Team Canada. Didn't even know it existed. — Adam Oates
I'm hoping for a bench clearing brawl during the warm up so I can go out and grab his stick. — Ron Tugnutt
Bobby Orr had lots of moves and speed. You had to be careful or he would make you look like a fool. Jacques was impresed… — Unknown Author
Overall I can fairly safely say Bobby Orr impressed me more than anybody with his tremendous talents. In Bobby's first N.H.L. game he layed the… — Gordie Howe

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