Adversity is the first path to truth.
Quote by George Gordon Byron
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Adversity is the first path to truth.
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George Gordon Byron Quotes
- Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared, by Allah given To lift from earth our low desire.
- Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
- They never fail who die in a great cause.
- There is something Pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
- Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure men love in haste but they detest at leisure.
- My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.
- It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.
- I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five.
- I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
- He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly
- For what were all these country patriots born to hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn
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.