Sticks quotes
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"Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about. [...] You've always got to stick with whatever you're into because you're day is going to come. You're day is destined. If you walk away from that, whether it be from fear or whether you're just giving up. [...] The greatest sin is fear and giving up."
"Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'."
"Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me."
"Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard."
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
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"If you create a vision for yourself, and stick with it, you can make amazing things happen in your life."
"It doesn't matter to me what is going on today because my music encompasses every kind of mood that exists in human beings. That's my stick."
"Thus, be every device from the stick to the carrot, the emaciated Austrian donkey is made to pull the Nazi barrow up an ever-steepening hill."
"I am a kind of burr; I shall stick."
"The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through our fingers."
"And yes, we do have some food. Maybe you'd like to join us? Unless you want to stick with your sheep sushi."
"Stick to your dreams and determine that you're going to make them come true."
"Thoughts of lack manifest as limitation. Thoughts of abundance manifest as success and happiness. Failure and success are but two ends of the same stick."
"It's easier to throw sticks on the campfire than to try to restart it when it goes out."
"Hate gets going, it goes round, it gets older and tighter and older and tighter, until it holds a person inside it like a fist holds a stick."
"If you know you are right, stay the course even though the whole world seems to be against you and everyone you know questions your judgment. When you prevail--and you eventually will if you stick to the job--they will all tell you that they knew all along you could do it."
"Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out."
"Don't try to be a jack of all investments. Stick to the field you know best."
"Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better."
"What stops me from taking myself seriously, even though I am essentially a serious person, is that I find myself extremely ridiculous, not in the sense of the small-scale ridiculousness of slap-stick comedy, but rather in the sense of ridiculousness that seems intrinsic to human life and that manifests itself in the simplest actions and the most extraordinary gestures."
"It's better to wear seaweed socks than stick a melon in your brother's ear."
"Readers want more of the same from you. So stick to one genre."
"Darkness is not chased away with sticks, not even cannons. One simply lights a small candle and the darkness flees before it."
"I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones."
"Gradually work your way towards the hard stuff. That will help you avoid injury and you'll be most likely to stick with it."
