I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values. Al Sharpton American Politician More Al Sharpton Quotes 5
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. C.S. Lewis British Scholar More C.S. Lewis Quotes 4
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. Theodore Roosevelt American President More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes 4
You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather. Albert Finney British Actor More Albert Finney Quotes 3
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger. Georg C. Lichtenberg Physicist More Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes 3
I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy. Morgan Freeman American Actor More Morgan Freeman Quotes 3
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. Honore de Balzac French Novelist More Honore de Balzac Quotes 3
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest. Chanakya Indian Politician More Chanakya Quotes 3
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. Max Beerbohm English Actor More Max Beerbohm Quotes 3
When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. William Blake English Poet More William Blake Quotes 3
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. St. Francis of Assisi More St. Francis of Assisi Quotes 2
Pushing kids too early is a problem I've seen through the years. If you start them too early, by the time they're in high school they're burned out on it. Dave Crosswhite More Dave Crosswhite Quotes 2
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember. Anne Sullivan American Educator More Anne Sullivan Quotes 2
It was important for us to get our confidence back and just start another roll. Katie Douglas More Katie Douglas Quotes 1
We just gave them too many second-chance points to start the second half, and they got some offensive rebounds and we didn't. That was the difference in the ball game. Lance Huber More Lance Huber Quotes 1
It's an old cliche but a good breakfast is the best start, ... It doesn't have to take lots of time to prepare. Nicola Graimes More Nicola Graimes Quotes 1
After this sort of start to the year things can only get better. Robert Jobson More Robert Jobson Quotes 1
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. Carl Bard More Carl Bard Quotes 1
You can't let it wear you down. We've got to start coming up with rebounds when we need them, and we've got to reach down deep. Danny Green More Danny Green Quotes 1
Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time. John Steinbeck American Author More John Steinbeck Quotes 1
It wasn't necessarily my best start, but it wasn't necessarily my worst start. Edwin Jackson More Edwin Jackson Quotes 1
We got our start at this little club back in Nashville at this place called the Fiddle and Steel Guitar Bar on Mondays and Tuesdays. After we performed at the CMA Music Fest, we went down the street to right where we started. Those people were freaked out! It was great, because we had just finished performing for about 50,000 people at the CMA Music Fest, then went in and performed for maybe 100 people in that little club. Gary LeVox More Gary LeVox Quotes 1
It's the best global map we have. We're hoping the scientific community will start using this as their base map. Greg Mehall More Greg Mehall Quotes 1