Quotes of Milestone - somelinesforyou

“ The seven deadly sins … Food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven milestones from man's neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the milestones are lifted. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new — and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, eath every one a friend. ”

- James Russell Lowell

“ I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway. ”

- Joan Benoit Samuelson

“ The safest road to hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. ”

- C. S. Lewis

“ There is a road to freedom. Its milestones are Obedience, Endeavor, Honesty, Order, Cleanliness, Sobriety, Truthfulness, Sacrifice, and love of the Fatherland. ”

- Adolf Hitler

“ Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments. ”

- Rose Kennedy

“ On Monday, President Bush will reach his 100th day in office. It's a big milestone for him, surpassed all expectations. In fact, so has Dick Cheney. Cheney was only supposed to make it to day 73. ”

- Jay Leno

“ Only sixteen players have hit fifty or more homers in a season. To me, that's a very special milestone. ”

- Mark McGwire

“ Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory. ”

- Susan B. Anthony

“ When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion. ”

- Pat Riley
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