Havens Quotes - Page 12

• I got knocked down, I don't know how many years ago and I haven't been off my feet since, and I responded again against the best in division without the respect of having the chin I'm supposed to have.

  Andre Ward

  Motivation, Years, Feet

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• You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.

  Stephen Covey

  Leadership, Successful, People

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.226, Mango Media Inc.

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• I was amplifying the negative at the expense of the positive, not to serve any useful function, not to make my writing better, but to destroy it. The lizard brain, so attuned to people laughing behind our backs, was on high alert for this sort of criticism and would do anything it could to stop me from writing again. I haven't sought out and read a review or a tweet since.

  Seth Godin

  Life, Work, Writing

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• I've been able to do a lot of things a lot of people haven't, that other people would dream of. I've been able to live out my fantasies, and dreams! So, I'm real lucky.

  Joan Jett

  Dream, Real, People

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• We haven't the time to take out time.

  Eugene Ionesco

  Time

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• I'm not where I'm supposed to be,
  I'm not what I want to be,
  But I'm not what I used to be.
  I haven't learned how to arrive;
  I've just learned how to keep going

  John C. Maxwell

  Want, Used, Supposed To Be

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• The regrets in the theatre have always been the shows that you know ought to have worked but for one reason or another haven't.

  Andrew Lloyd Webber

  Regret, Theatre, Reason

  "Andrew Lloyd Webber: 'My greatest regret'". Interview with Charles Spencer, www.telegraph.co.uk. March 26, 2013.

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• Today we stand together all around the world, joined in a common purpose - to remake the planet into a haven of joy and understanding and goodness.

  Michael Jackson

  Common Purpose, Joy, Understanding

  FaceBook post by Michael Jackson from May 15, 2013

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• You've either got or you haven't got style, and if you've got it you stand out a mile.

  Frank Sinatra

  Style, Standing Out, Miles

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• Australia is not very exclusive. On the visa application they still ask if you've been convicted of a felony - although they are willing to give you a visa even if you haven't been.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Humor, Australia

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.161, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Haven't you guessed by now? I say, my heart hammering. My home is you.

  Cynthia Hand

  Love, Home, Heart

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• Oh, sunshine, I whisper and smile gently. Haven't you figured out that I'm completely in love with you?

  Kristen Proby

  Love, Love You, Sunshine

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• Why do I write? The truth, the unvarnished truth, is that I haven't a clue.

  Gloria Naylor

  Writing, Clue, Truth Is

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• I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.

  Harrison Ford

  Grateful, Careers, Hot

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• You really haven't changed, you've just become more of yourself. That is really what were all trying to do: become more of ourselves.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Trying, Changed

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 15 June 2008

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• I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.

  Barack Obama

  Success, President, Titles

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• I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad work.

  Genevieve Gorder

  Designer, Hard

  "Genevieve Gorder trades places in 'Town Haul'". Interview with Jay Bobbin, poststar.com. January 21, 2005.

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• They proved that if you quit smoking, it will prolong your life. What they haven't proved is that a prolonged life is a good thing. I haven't seen the stats on that yet.

  Bill Hicks

  Life, Smoking, Comedian

  "Dark Poet". Stand-up show, 1991.

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• My favorite journey is anywhere I haven't been

  Donna Karan

  Journey, My Favorite

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• If there is a secret to writing, I haven’t found it yet. All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.

  Mary McGrory

  Writing, Secret, Mind

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• Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Despair, Pilots

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2010). “Mornings and Evenings with Spurgeon”, p.179, New Leaf Publishing Group

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• The dream of the news is that it makes us care about other people and situations. But we cannot identify with people to whom we haven't been introduced. Humans will only respond to art, to people who are skilled in making you care.

  Alain de Botton

  Dream, Art, People

  "Alain de Botton in quotes: 'The news promotes a toxic society of envy'" by Marta Bausells, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2014.

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• You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

  Kirk Douglas

  Giving

  "Jeffrey Katzenberg picks up a humanitarian honor" by Todd Longwell, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 17, 2008.

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• In the lead-up to the launch of my new book I Was Here, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about depression and suicide and mental health and YA dealing with such intense matters. What I haven’t seen discussed is kittens.

  Gayle Forman

  Suicide, Book, Matter

  FaceBook post by Gayle Forman from Jan 30, 2015

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• And children, if your parents haven't been teaching you what it means to be an American, let 'em know and nail 'em on it. That would be a very American thing to do.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Teaching, Mean

  Farewell Address to the Nation, delivered 11 January 1989, Washington D.C.

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