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
The recumbent bike works your large muscle groups to start the blood flowing and get prepared for the task at hand. Donald Brookshire More Donald Brookshire 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
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
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
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
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
Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the "environmentalist" view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view. E. O. Wilson American Scientist More E. O. Wilson Quotes 1
If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you'll just be the thirteenth clown. Adam Walinsky More Adam Walinsky Quotes 1
To start with, we were advised not to sue. That was the week before Christmas, but shortly after that we were advised to get an attorney. Bill Webb More Bill Webb Quotes 1
When you start seeing an area that was all tundra, and now all of a sudden, you see more shrubs or you see the forest encroaching, that is of great importance in terms of hydrology and ecology. Andrew Slater More Andrew Slater 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
The best way to stimulate emancipation is to start to educate your sons to be humans instead of men, and to educate your daughters to be humans instead of women. Annie M.G. Schmidt Dutch More Annie M.G. Schmidt Quotes 1
If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics. Galileo Galilei Italian Scientist More Galileo Galilei Quotes 1
You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and you start thinking differently, you want to be in another movie. It's like an addiction almost. Dennis Farina American Actor More Dennis Farina Quotes 1