quotes about Control Of Your Life

“I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking about how every single second of training I've done was for this minute and how many people played a role in my achievement.”

Source : "Exclusive: Gold Medal Winner Hannah Kearney On Her Olympic Experience" by Hannah Kearney, www.mtv.com. March 1, 2010.

“I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.”

Source : "Interview with Congressman-Elect Tim Scott". Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. November 5, 2010.

“Coaches are okay, I guess, but I prefer to do things my own way.”

“The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL?”

“Oneness with Nature is the glory of childhood; oneness with childhood is the glory of the Teacher.”

“She looked at David closely, and the feeling was still there. She could see that his forehead was too high, that a small scar cut a white stroke through his eyebrow. And his smile was pretty crooked, really. But it was as if something had changed inside Tally's head, something that had turned his face pretty to her.”

Source : Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Uglies”, p.238, Simon and Schuster

“An investigation may take six months. A quick interview, profile, a day.”

“None so blind as those who won't see.”

“The more I look back on my life, the more I see miracles.”

“I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling.”