“Perhaps the most important thing I could say is to never be thrown by failure and mistakes. Each and everything that happens, even if it was not what you hoped would happen, is a valuable, life-learning tool. And you will only achieve success if you know how to learn from your failures and mistakes. It’s vital.” IfsKnowsImportantHappensMistakeKnow HowAchieveToolsImportant ThingsValuableThrownLife LearningValuable Life Author:Christiane Amanpour
“I'm proud of my ability to understand what somebody else is trying to do and help them achieve it, because part of the aesthetic of improvisation is service. We don't lead, we only follow. You never say no. Serve the servant, follow the follower. And that's very valuable in your life, as well as very valuable in your work.” TryingWellsHelpingAbilityAchieveProudValuableServantFollowersAestheticImprovisation Author:Stephen Colbert
“Politicians generally form alliances and not friendships. Individuals and institutions achieve their ends through continual barter. But deals are not bonds. Indeed, intense emotional involvement with anything - with issues, ideology, a woman, even a family - can be a handicap, not only consuming valuable time, but more importantly, reducing flexibility and the capacity for detached calculation needed to take maximum advantage of continually changing circumstances.” EndsFormIndividualDealsIssuesAchieveEmotionalNeededPoliticianCircumstancesAdvantageCapacityInstitutionsValuableIntenseIdeologyFlexibilityMaximumInvolvementConsumingReducingAlliancesCalculationsDetachedHandicapsNot FriendsValuable Time Book:Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream Source: Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
“I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty. Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people.... I think beauty is an expression of love.” PeopleThinkingWayBeautifulMotherCompassionAchieveTaughtExpressionAdvantageValuableFocusedFeaturesFriendlyTranslateSupportiveBeautiful PeopleExpressions Of LoveSupportive FamilyCompassion And Respect Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“You should diligently play scales and fingerpractices. There are many, however, who believe they'll achieve all, by practicing daily on technique for hours on end, up till high age. It's like practicing every day to enumerate the alfabet faster and faster. One would think one could make better use of their valuable time.” ThinkingShouldBelieveEndsPlayUseAgeHoursAchieveValuableTechniqueScalesFasterValuable Time Author:Robert Schumann
“Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail. Anyone who is currently achieving anything in life is simultaneously risking failure. It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing. A flawed diamond is more valuable than a perfect brick. People who have no failures also have few victories.” PeopleTryingLife IsPerfectFailingAchieveVictoryValuableDisappointedDiamondBricksFlawedDoing NothingAnything In LifeNo Failure Author:John Landis Mason
“There are some actresses who cannot function on the set without having a close relationship with their directors. Their way of communicating with the director is through intimacy. It doesn't necessarily have to do with any physical act; it has more to do with achieving a closeness that they find very valuable.” WayAchieveDirectorsFunctionCommunicateValuableActressesIntimacyClosenessClose Relationship Author:Peter Stone
“That first of all feeds into what I do and secondly, it is emblematic of what I hope to achieve through what I do. That is to say all those conversations that are a result of it are the sorts of conversations that I think are the ultimate, most valuable by-product of what I'm doing.” ThinkingFirstsResultsAchieveProductsConversationUltimateValuable Author:Jonathon Keats
“I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty.” WayMotherCompassionAchieveTaughtValuableFocusedFeaturesTranslateSupportiveSupportive FamilyCompassion And Respect Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“When people know what you want, they can then manipulate that to achieve the end that they seek. It's far more interesting and valuable to bear witness to a scene and make good relationships without explicitly seeking something. You're more likely to obtain a far richer and honest experience that way.” PeopleInterestingAchieveHonestSceneValuableWitnessManipulateGood Relationship Author:Anjan Sundaram
“I'm proud of my ability to understand what somebody else is trying to do and help them achieve it, because part of the aesthetic of improvisation is service. You never say no. Serve the servant, follow the follower. And that's very valuable in your life, as well as very valuable in your actor's work. I'm damn proud of my ability to help other people achieve their ideas.” PeopleTryingHelpingAbilityAchieveProudValuableHelping OthersServantAestheticImprovisation Author:Stephen Colbert