Posts tagged with “quotes”

Posted 1 month ago
If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery—isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.

Charles Bukowski (via coolsundays)

I want to frame this and put it up in my practice room.

(Source: thesubrosawritings)

Posted 2 months ago
Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.

Susan Sontag (via julie911) (via quote-book) (via onevote)

“Stay eager.”

Posted 4 months ago
I hear parents telling their kids that they, too, can be famous soloists if they work hard enough. That, to me, is the worst thing you can do to a child. If you lead them toward music, teach them that it is beautiful, and help them learn, say, ‘Oh, you love music, well, let’s work on this piece together and I’ll show you something,’ then that’s very different. That’s a creative nurturing. But if you just push them to be stars, and tell them they’ll become rich and famous — or, worse, if you try to live through them — that is damaging.
Yo-Yo Ma (via el1se)
Posted 1 year ago

What sets you apart from the others?

Luckily, I’ve met dozens of great teachers along the way.

What sets you apart from the others?

Luckily, I’ve met dozens of great teachers along the way.

Posted 1 year ago
I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.
Posted 1 year ago
Life is one big party when you’re still young,
but who’s going to have your back when its all done?
Who knew that one of the few understandable lyric verses from Shaggy, would sound so profound?
Posted 1 year ago
We get stuffed with issues for us to either cower in fear of, or grow stronger from. I could tell you that I’m completely over the incident from last year, but that wouldn’t be the truth. In reality, I still see him pointing the business end of a loaded .44 in my nightmares; it happened again just last week. The difference now, is that I’m not falling to pieces every time it happens.
Our jobs could leave us, our girlfriends could leave us, Eli Manning could leave us, whatever. When you come to the basics of it, nearly everything you do in life works off of how quickly you can recover, stay on your feet and start moving again.

Ricky H.,

He can be an exceptionally wise friend in between Giants game commercial breaks.

Posted 1 year ago
You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces — my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined. The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren’t able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It’s called being human. But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

Elizabeth Edwards, in a statement released Monday. Elizabeth’s cancer has spread to her liver and doctors have advised further treatment would be unproductive.

(via apsies)

Posted 1 year ago
This speaks to a bigger picture here that certainly scares me in terms of our national security policy. But obviously we’ve gotta stand with our North Korean allies.

Oh, Sarah Palin, never change! (via mediaite)

Today in disconcerting quotes…

Posted 1 year ago
Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.

Sir Winston Churchill (via quote-book)

Winston Churchill quotes make my life, at least as of 3 weeks ago.