Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in.
Aim at earth and you get neither.
Quote by Clive Staples Lewis
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Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
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Clive Staples Lewis Quotes
- Why love if losing hurts so much We love to know that we are not alone.
- When we lose one blessing, another is often, most unexpectedly, given in its place.
- We may not be able to get certainty, but we can get probability, and half a loaf is better than no bread.
- The safest road to hell is the gradual one-the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
- The Future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
- It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us.
- If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth - only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
- I was not born to be free. I was born to adore and to obey.
- I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
- Friendship is... the sort of love one can imagine between angels.
- Friendship is not necessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.