Mike Livingston quotes

“Good Day. We are privileged to live another day in this magnificent world. Today you will be tested.”
-- Mike Livingston

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“You must assume full responsibility for choosing to pursue power. Know that you alone have chosen to be tested, and then proceed without doubt, remorse, or blame. You alone are responsible.”
-- Mike Livingston

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“You must purge yourself of all thoughts of self-importance, and all inclination to judge either yourself or others. You must go to power with humility and deep respect.”
-- Mike Livingston

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“You must approach each test with the seriousness and passion that you would use to prepare to challenge your death. You must prepare-not to die- but to battle for your life in each moment with every faculty and power available to you.”
-- Mike Livingston

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“You alone are responsible”
-- Mike Livingston

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“Juggling work and parental responsibilities is no easy task, but I'm trying my best and just like everything else there are good days and there are bad days.”

Source : "Emmy, Vol. 9", published by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 1987.

“You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!”

Source : "Aly Raisman's Tips For Going After What You Want" by Macey Hall, www.seventeen.com. May 23, 2013.

“A bad day can tell you more about yourself than a good day.”

“Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.”

“The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.”

“Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.”

“Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.”

“Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.”

“What day is it?" It's today," squeaked Piglet. My favorite day," said Pooh.”

“Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.”

Source : "Wit and Humor of Bench and Bar". Book by Marshall Brown, 1899.