Pastoral Resources

When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing.

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving.

Well there are those who think you can only succeed at someone else's expense.

I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.

To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.

Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want something, but I won't know what it is until I succeed in doing it.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work.

Running a school where the students all succeed, even if some students have to help others to make the grade, is good preparation for democracy.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place.

To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.

To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama.

Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there.

If the tanks succeed, then victory follows.

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.