If you properly clean a room, it gets dirtier before it gets cleaner.
God gets you to the plate, but once you're there you're on your own.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never talk about the practice, practice, practice.
I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.
It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine. . . People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did. . Besides, I am a U. S. Marine and I'll be one till I die.
No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.
I started off small and then this was just the great opportunity.
Hermione turned and beamed at Harry; her eyes, too, were full of tears. ‘…then I declare you bonded for life.
Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs.
You can take a school like the University of Colorado, with a selective admission standard. It has a better caliber student going in, so you ought to have a better caliber coming out.