Best Realising Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Realising that you are lucky ... is knowing you are in a time and place in the world where there is so much opportunity available to you thanks to those who came before that is a realisation that will give you the power to get on in life.”

Life Power Knowing Lucky Luck Realising Knowledge Education The Question Opportunity Benardo Moya

Author:Bernardo Moya

“I think I’m learning that sometimes the bravest thing is not to face the world, but to turn away from it.”

World Sometimes Growing Up Learning Solitude Brave Realising The Glass Child Turn Away

Author:Charlotte Eriksson

“The heart power once engaged and awakened is capable of achieving and realising the things to make your life wonderful.”

Life Heart Power Wonderful Engaged Realising Awakened Achieving Heart Power

Book:Unleash The Power of Your Heart and Mind

Source: Unleash The Power of Your Heart and Mind

“Success is realising the true joy and wonder of life can only be yours if you follow your own intuition, aiming to achieve your bliss.”

Life Success Joy Wonder Achieve Intuition Bliss Realising

Book:The Solution

Source: The Solution

“The closer you are to people, the more you realise what has happened to them.”

People Happened Realising

Author:Jennifer Lynch

“It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.”

Trying Practice Realising No Point

Author:Laura Marling

“I realise that every time my face is on TV or I'm playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well.”

People Trying Wells Looks Kids Faces Roles Tvs Models Regard Honestly Look Up Realising Role Models Tournaments

Author:Rory McIlroy

“When you immerse yourself in medicine you realise that hope is not absolute. It's not that simple.”

Simple Absolutes Medicine Realising

Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee

“I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've been writing about myself again.”

Writing Believe Made I Believe Realising

Author:Jo Nesbo

“When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath. Some of these individual layers of painting were better than others, but that was something that you would often only realise retrospectively.”

Thinking Art School Individual Painting Finished Painter Realising Layers Often Is Art School

Author:Chris Ofili

“When we realise our oneness with our RULER, then the matter shall have no longer power over us, and we shall see it as the unreality it is.”

Matter God Oneness Realising Rulers Unreality

Book:A Study in Consciousness: A Contribution to the Science of Psychology

Source: A Study in Consciousness: A Contribution to the Science of Psychology

“As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.”

Kids Stage Gender Barriers Realising

Author:Andrej Pejic

“Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.”

May Ends Whole Helping Young Economy Generations Modern Building Willing Offers Conflict Resources Israel Aspiration Spite Regions Realising Palestinian Limited Resources

Author:Shimon Peres

“I find increasingly that the more extreme are the things going on in your life, the more cultural reference points fail you. More mythical reference points actually help, and you realize that's what myths are for. It's for human beings to process their experience in extremis.”

Humans Helping Process Human Beings Failing Extremes Myth Realising

Author:Michael Sheen

“A lot of guys are very intimidated by an attractive woman, and they dehumanise her because our culture perceives beautiful women as commodities. But I think if you're able walk up to a person and get to know them, and you see their flaws and their impurities, and realise that they're like you, then you can humanise them again.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Persons Able Beautiful Guy Culture Walks Like You Perceive Attractive Flaws Realising Commodity Beautiful Women Intimidated Impurity Attractive Woman

Author:Neil Strauss

“When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.”

People Successful Accidents Realising Successful People

Author:Ryan Tedder

“Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of what British black urban music was like. He was the first person who made the rest of Britain realise it wasn't just a one-album-type situation. You've got to take your hat off to somebody like that.”

Firsts Persons Made Inspiration Black Situation Childhood Type Hero Expectations Very Good Albums British Britain Hats Realising Urban First Person Good Place Hats Off Urban Music

Author:Tinie Tempah

“One day Mum saved up for this exciting new thing - a frozen chicken. She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. She didn't realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. We just ate vegetables and she cried and cried.”

Waiting Terrible One Day Exciting Smell Saved Sat Kitchen Bags Sunday Chickens Realising Vegetables Plastic New Things Cried Mum Frozen Plastic Bags

Author:Carol Vorderman

“As you get older you realise your parents aren't these superheroes. They're actually people.”

People Parent Realising Superhero

Author:Rumer Willis

“If someone realises the piece they are wearing is inspired by me then it only broadens my audience.”

Ifs Audience Pieces Inspired Realising

Author:Alexander Wang

“Work less than you think you should. It took me a while to realise there was a point each day when my creativity ran out and I was just producing words - usually lousy ones - for their own sake. And nap: it helps to refresh the brain, at least mine.”

Thinking Should Helping Brain Creativity Mines Sake Ran Each Day Realising Naps

Author:Amy Waldman

“When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I've come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level.”

Writing Levels Emotional Realising

Author:Ben Marcus

“I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.”

Writing Stories Political Originals Unexpected Realising Unexpected Places Political Writing

Author:Denise Mina

“Things are so busy and so quick, and there’s so much going on, you have to realise the time when you have to take a step back, take a breath and really think back to where you come from. I’m from a very, very rural place. There’s really nobody out there, just roads and farms. I had a long transition to get to where I am now. I moved away when I was young, when I was about 19. I’d literally come from an area with dirt roads and stuff like that, right to the centre of a city of about five million people. It’s been great. I’m based in New York and every day it's amazing.”

People Thinking Long Young Stuff Cities Steps Millions Five New York Areas Breaths Moved Busy Realising Farms Transition Dirt Centre Where You Come Dirt Roads

Author:Diego Klattenhoff

“Is there anything more useless than a crouton? I sometimes wake up in the small hours with a start and realise that what's roused me is an overpowering urge to visit violence on its originator.”

Sometimes Hours Violence Wake Up Useless Urges Realising Overpowering

Author:Will Self

“If an American is motoring on his own, he (the paragon of morality and chastity) will slow down and stop beside every solitary pretty female pedestrian, bare his teeth in a big smile, and tempt her into his car with a wild roll of the eyes. A lady who fails to appreciate his passion will qualify as an idiot who doesn't realise how lucky she is to have the opportunity of getting to know the owner of this 100-horse-power motor car.”

Source: My Discovery of America

“Sometimes you look back at girls you spent money on rather than send it to your mum and you realise witchcraft is real”

Looks Real Sometimes Girl Realising Mum Witchcraft Your Mum

Author:Robert Mugabe

“If you lose emotion, and you gain it back, you realise that hate and love are very important to distribute properly. So I'm not going to waste any kind of emotion on things that aren't related to me.”

Ifs Kind Important Hate Loses Emotion Waste Gains And Love Related Realising Love And Hate

Author:Marilyn Manson

“I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.”

People Different Happens Bits Growing Up Growing Succeed Tools Incredibles Privilege Russia Things Happen Realising Looking Back Make Things Happen Different Life

Author:Natalia Vodianova

“It's like your whole life you 've been falling toward the earth, until the moment someone catches you. And you realise that somehow you 've caught her at the same time. And together, instead of falling, you might be able to fly.”

Whole Moments Might Able Earth Together Fall Like You Caught Whole Life Realising

Author:Lisa Kleypas

“It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do.”

Kids Games Expected Realising

Author:Nadia Comaneci

“As you get older you realise that nothing lasts forever. It's not depressing, but it does make moments more intense.”

Doe Moments Lasts Forever Intense Realising Depressing Nothing Lasts Forever Very Depressing

Author:Victoria Legrand

“I'm in hotel rooms night after night, playing a lot of the same venues as my dad and carrying the guitar that used to be his. We're the same person. I don't know if he realises how much of a legacy he has left to his children.”

Ifs Knows Children Persons Used Night Left Rooms Dad Guitar My Dad Used To Be Legacy Hotel Realising Venues Hotel Rooms

Author:Martha Wainwright

“Italy have plenty of high-quality players. Newcomers need time to get adjusted to the set-up and the system of play. I'm very young, and although I think I have shown good quality in my international games, I realise that there are plenty of others competing for places.”

Thinking Needs Play Young Games Quality Player International Plenty Realising Competing High Quality Good Quality Time Of Need Newcomers

Author:Alessandro Del Piero

“But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.”

People Realising Bass Hendrix Playing Bass

Author:Noel Redding

“It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.”

Rooms Common Realising

Author:Stephen Fry

“When you realise that you possess within your self everything you need to promote your own success, the feeling is one of empowerment.”

Needs Self Feelings Empowerment Realising

Author:Jim Fixx

“After realising my natural affinity towards surrealism several years ago I decided to study it's origins and definitions.”

Years Natural Study Years Ago Decided Definitions Realising Surrealism Affinity

Author:Trevor Dunn

“People realise that his promise [Tony Blair's] to 'save the NHS' was just talk.”

People Promise Realising Blair Nhs

Author:Liam Fox

“A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of a work of art. The promise of it is felt in the act of creation but disappears towards the completion of the work. For it is then the painter realises that it is only a picture he is painting. Until then he had almost dared to hope the picture might spring to life.”

Art Moments Might Felt Creation Painting Promise Spring Disappear Painter Works Of Art Realising Dissatisfaction Completion Complete Happiness

Author:Lucian Freud

“I've been through a lot and I realise the future can't be controlled. I'm not worried. You can always learn to overcome difficulties.”

Future Overcoming Difficulty Worried Controlled Realising

Author:Niki Lauda

“I like hiding somewhere, like, say on a bus street in a doorway, and taking pictures without people knowing - which sounds really creepy....You get some of the most interesting pictures because people are walking past not realising you're there.”

People Past Sound Interesting Knowing Streets Walking Hiding Realising Bus Most Interesting Creepy Doorways Taking Pictures Really Creepy

Author:Anna Paquin

“When you see something special, something inspired, you realise the debt we owe great curators and their unforgettable shows - literally unforgettable because you remember every picture, every wall and every juxtaposition.”

Shows Remember Special Wall Inspired Debt Realising Something Special Unforgettable Juxtaposition Curator

Book:My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic

Source: My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic

“I think people realise that I'm happy with what I've achieved.”

People Thinking Realising

Author:Kelly Holmes

“In order to fully realise our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice and responsibility that has been the characteristic of the anarchist movement throughout its historic development in Spain.”

People Has Beens Order Responsibility Sacrifice Movement Development Mass Characteristics Aspiration Realising Spain Historic Anarchist

Author:Federica Montseny

“I don't think we really measured the enormity of the whole occasion. I'm very, very surprised. We never expected it. When I set out in May we didn't realise how big this was. Only now have we realised the importance of this. [on the 2005 Ashes win”

Thinking May Whole Bigs Winning Importance Expected Occasions Realising Ashes Realised

Author:Duncan Fletcher

“When you have been in TV and performing for as long as I have, you realise that you probably entertain in your sleep too... as for my catch phrase, I didn't actually say so much 'Can you see what it is yet?”

Long Has Beens Sleep Tvs Performing Phrases Realising

Author:Rolf Harris

“I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.”

Men Born Realising Born To Be Free

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.”

Mean God Truth Religion Violence Truth Is Protest Realising Nonviolence Metaphysics Non Violence

Book:The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words

Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words

“Fighting teaches you a lot about yourself. When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways and makes you realise how mentally tough you have to be as a fighter. This mental toughness will transfer into your everyday life, giving you drive and a clear concise attitude, where giving up is not an option”

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