The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually. Martin Seligman beliefcomfortecstasy share on social
There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing. Victor Hugo centurygreatliberty Change image and share on social
'Con Air' was kind of a turning point for me, in my mind. I never shot anybody in that movie - I never did anything bad - because there were so many bad guys in that movie. I said, 'The hell with this, I'm just gonna be a lovable guy.' I'm like Steve McQueen in 'The Great Escape.' M. C. Gainey airbadcon share on social
We have to straighten out our country; we have to make our country great again, and we need energy and enthusiasm. Donald Trump countryenergyenthusiasm Change image and share on social
Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability. Marissa Mayer abilityaptitudebasic Change image and share on social
The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future. Gifford Pinchot futuregreatmake Change image and share on social
Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion. D. H. Lawrence beautifulconclusiondeath Change image and share on social
In real estate, you make 10% of your money because you're a genius and 90% because you catch a great wave. Jeff Greene catchestategenius Change image and share on social
At a young age I thought, 'Wow, that fiddle thing, that's pretty cool. That mandolin is great. These drums, I like these drums... ' They were Indian drums. And I was saying, 'But that guitar. That guitar. Girls are going to like that guitar.' Robbie Robertson agecooldrum share on social
I played with a lot of great players before. They're all the same. They take a lot of responsibility for their own play, put a lot of pressure on themselves to perform and to play well. Mark Messier greatlotperform Change image and share on social
