A coach is someone who can give correction
without causing resentment.
- John Wooden
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden 
Make your "yes" mean yes,
and your "no" mean no.
- John Wooden
You can't live a perfect day without doing something
for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden
Success comes from knowing that
you did your best to become the best
that you are capable of becoming.
- John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
- John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation,
because your character is what you really are,
while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
- John Wooden
Do not let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
- John Wooden
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden
Youngsters need good models more than they need critics.
- John Wooden
Beating an opponent is not a goal,
but a by-product of success.
- John Wooden
Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating.
Youngsters need good models more than they need critics.
It's one of a parent's greatest responsibilities and opportunities.
- John Wooden
Don't let what you cannot do
interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden
You can't let praise or criticism get to you.
It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
- John Wooden
The civilized man has built a coach,
but has lost the use of his feet.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogance
when in reality it is the opposite.
When we can recognize all our good qualities
as well as or faults with neutrality,
we can start to appreciate ourselves
as we would a dear friend
and experience the comfortable inner glow of respect.
To embrace the journey towards our full potential
we need to become our own loving teacher and coach.
Spurring ourselves on to become better human beings,
we develop true regard for ourselves,
and our life will become sacred.
- Osho
I don't care whose fault this was, just get it sorted!
And could someone please bring me something deep fat fried
and smothered in chocolate.
- the movie Shrek 2
Hey, Marge. Isn't it great being married
to someone who's recklessly impulsive?
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail.
A best friend is the one sitting next
to you saying "boy was that fun."
- The Maugles
I read that you should never go out with someone
if you can think of three reasons why you shouldn't.
- the movie Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
The worst part of success is to try to find
someone who is happy for you.
- Bette Midler
I love to shop after a bad relationship.
I don't know. I buy a new outfit
and it makes me feel better. It just does.
Sometimes I see a really great outfit,
I'll break up with someone on purpose.
- Rita Rudner
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears,
for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
- Albert Einstein
Whenever I find the key to success,
someone changes the lock.
- Anonymous
Puritanism. The haunting fear that
someone, somewhere, may be happy.
- H. L. Mencken
If someone had told me I would be Pope one day,
I would have studied harder.
- Pope John Paul I
Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.
- Stephanie Klein
As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero,
he no longer is.
- George Carlin
A lifelong friend is someone
you haven't borrowed money from yet.
- Anonymous
Delusion: belief said to be false by someone who does not share it.
- Thomas Szasz
Trust your own instinct.
Your mistakes might as well be your own,
instead of someone else's.
- Billy Wilder
Oh, you weak, beautiful people
who give up with such grace.
What you need is someone to take hold of you -
gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.
- Tennessee Williams
The man who can smile when things go wrong
has thought of someone else he can blame it on.
- Robert Bloch
I believe totally in a Capitalist System,
I only wish that someone would try it.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Our honorable and worthy ancestors knew that the world was flat,
motionless, and the center of the universe.
They knew the human body could not withstand
the forces of traveling faster than 19 mph.
They knew that the way to salvation was
exorcising witches and slaying non-believers.
They knew that it was a mortal sin to marry
someone of a different skin color.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A true friend is someone who
thinks that you are a good egg
even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked.
- Bernard Meltzer
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
- Amelia Earhart
A friend is someone who knows all about you,
and loves you just the same.
- Elbert Hubbard
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha
Hell is living with someone who complains, whines, and argues.
- Anonymous
No matter what happens, someone will find a way
to take it too seriously.
- Dave Barry
When you see someone putting on his Big Boots,
you can be pretty sure that an Adventure is going to happen.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
It hurts to love someone
and not be loved in return,
but what is more painful is to love
someone and never find the courage
to let that person know how you feel.
- Anonymous
Whatever you do, you need courage.
Whatever course you decide upon,
there is always someone to tell you
that you are wrong.
There are always difficulties arising
that tempt you to believe your critics are right.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear
to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
- Sylvester Stallone
Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone
what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
When you're drowning, you don't say,
"I would be incredibly pleased if someone
would have the foresight to notice
me drowning and come and help me,"
you just scream.
- John Lennon
You know you love someone when you know
you want them to be happy,
even if their happiness means
that you are not a part of it.
- Anonymous
When someone has a strong intuitive connection,
Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma,
some past connection.
- Richard Gere
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words
but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone -
but paradoxically, if we cannot trust,
neither can we find love or joy.
- Walter Anderson
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone
who has just done you a small favor
wish that he might have done you a greater one.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Resenting someone is a way of never leaving that person.
- Kare Anderson
When someone you love dies,
you don't lose them all at once.
You lose them in pieces over time
- the movie Simon Birch
The most pathetic person in the world
is someone who has sight, but has no vision.
- Helen Keller
Resenting someone, or hating someone, ensures that
you can never emotionally escape that person.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Grief, a type of sadness that most often occurs
when you have lost someone you love, is a sneaky thing,
because it can disappear for a long time,
and then pop back up when you least expect it.
- Lemony Snicket
We were given:
Two hands to hold.
Two legs to walk.
Two eyes to see.
Two ears to listen.
But why only one heart?
Because the other was given to someone else.
For us to find.
- Anonymous
Every time you smile at someone,
it is an action of love,
a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
- Mother Teresa
Your time is limited,
so don't waste it living someone else's life.
- Steve Jobs
We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort
when all we really need to be happy
is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
What is a friend? I will tell you ...
it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
- Frank Crane
The best way to cheer yourself
is to try to cheer someone else up.
- Mark Twain
It's so easy to fall in love
but hard to find someone who will catch you.
- Anonymous
Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free
and realizing you were the prisoner!
- Max Lucado
Don't take rejection personally.
Don't let someone else's bad day spoil your day.
As long as you never reject yourself, you'll be fine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A friend is someone who understands my past,
believes in my future,
and accepts me just the way I am.
- Anonymous
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us
to be what we know we could be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo,
but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you
when the limo breaks down.
- Oprah Winfrey
One of the oldest human needs is having someone
to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
- Margaret Mead
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