Quotes of Sidney Lumet

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All good work requires self-revelation.

- Sidney Lumet

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“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ What if it becomes less about how we look and more about how much we care? What if it becomes less about how much money we earn and more about how much we share our good fortune? Imagine a world where who we are in our hearts is the ultimate status symbol. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. ”

- Anne Frank

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. ”

- Alexander Graham Bell

“ The purpose of life is to love, the purpose of love is to live. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ Tuhan kan nggak mungkin langsung sedekah ke orangorang, ya kalianlah sedekah duit kalau punya duit, sedekah ilmu, sedekah senyum. Masa sih kalau sudah gitu Tuhan gak bales cintamu? Tapi gak mungkin dia belaibelai langsung rambutmu, sentuh bibirmu. Maka Tuhan ciptakan “wakil”nya, yaitu pacarmu. Maka doalah, “Tuhan, semoga pacarku ini betulbetul orang yang kau pilihkan untukku. ”

- Sujiwo Tejo

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ”

- Mother Teresa

“ Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night. ”

- A. J. McLean

“ You can't stop dreaming just because the night never seems to end. ”

- Curtis Tyrone Jones

“ I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. ”

- Nelson Mandela

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ There will be tough workouts when the athlete has to really dig deep, believe, and not give up when the pain seems too much. The athlete can respond in one of two ways: Yield to the pain and selfdoubt or decide that fear will not determine his or her potential. It's hard (and usually uncomfortable) work breaking through old barriers and selfdefeating thought patterns to see meaningful progress, and fear is an absolutely natural response, but you can't let it become a limiter. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase. ”

- Martin Luther King

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ Sometimes, change is what we need to retain our sanity. ”

- Life