“I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.” ThinkingBelieveHardPromiseStonesBreadBest ThingsBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouI PromiseEmmaJessicaViolaYou Re The BestSliced Bread Author:Octavia Spencer
“But this man had set down with a hammer and chisel and carved out a stone water trough to last ten thousand years. Why was that? What was it that he had faith in? It wasn't that nothin' would change. Which is what you might think, I suppose. He had to know better'n that. I've thought about it a good deal. . . And I have to say that the only thing I can think is that there was some sort of promise in his heart. And I don't have no intentions of carvin' a stone water trough. But I would like to be able to make that kind of promise. I think that's what I would like most of all.” ThinkingKnowsMenYearsHeartKindI CanMightAbleLastsWaterDealsPromiseThousandTenStonesIntentionThousand YearsHammersChiselsTrough Author:Cormac McCarthy
“Sam picks the stone up and clenches his entire body in deep concentration. Nothing happens. " Oh come on," he says to the stone. " I promise to use it for the power of good. No girls' locker rooms, I swear.” UseBodyHappensGirlRoomsPromisePicksStonesConcentrationSwearI PromiseLockersLocker Room Author:Pittacus Lore
“I wanted to dissolve into the floor, mixing myself with the hard stone. A stone had a single purpose: to be. No complicated promises, no worries and no feelings.” HardFeelingsWantedPurposeWorryPromiseStonesComplicatedMixingNo Worries Book:Magic Study Source: Magic Study