quotes about Given A Chance

“Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.”

“A little lifting up of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, an interior act of adoration, even though made on the march and with sword in hand, are prayers which, short though they may be, are nevertheless very pleasing to God, and far from making a soldier lose his courage on the most dangerous occasions, bolster it. Let him then think of God as much as possible so that he will gradually become accustomed to this little but holy exercise; no one will notice it and nothing is easier than to repeat often during the day these little acts of interior adoration.”

“Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy.”

“I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable environment. No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid. In my own work this has been particularly true.”

“Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them -- the one, in fact, which is not a mask.”

Source : "Forewords and Afterwords" by W. H. Auden, ("One of the Family"), (p. 369), 1973.

“To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.”

“There's an adage that a lot of coaches have, that I completely disagree with, is if you make the Olympic team too early you become complacent.”

“When the grandmothers of today hear the word 'Chippendales,' they don't necessarily think of chairs.”

“If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all.”