Bob Buford on firsts
Bob Buford4 quotes“Our first half is about how to make a living, and our second half has the promise of being about how to make a life.”
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Success means using your knowledge and experience to satisfy yourself. Significance means using your knowledge and experience to change the lives of others.
Bob BufordBob Buford The Human tendency, largely driven by ego, is to believe we can do it all….It maybe humbling to admit there are only a few things you do really well…you will free yourself to focus on those things which will lead to greater personal success and significance.
Bob BufordBob Buford It is not unnatural nor should it overly concern you that you feel the need for a change. The mistake most people make when they begin to feel this way is to ignore the voice that is telling them to stop and listen.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That’s why I’m so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.
Bernie MacBernie Mac At first the relevance of chattel slavery to libertarian ideals was noted only in individual passages of isolated pamphlets.
Bernard BailynBernard Bailyn Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn’t have religion
Bernice Johnson ReagonBernice Johnson Reagon First drafts are for learning what your story is about.
Bernard MalamudBernard Malamud Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.
Benedict of NursiaBenedict of Nursia That’s how I always try to start my thoughts. I write them down first, eventually it turns into a poem, and if I feel like composing something to it, then I do that.
Benjamin ClementineBenjamin Clementine Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.
Bernard LevinBernard Levin Every corporate security may be best viewed, in the first instance, as an ownership interest in, or a claim against, a specific business enterprise.
Benjamin GrahamBenjamin Graham
