Margot Fonteyn Famous Quotes



The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

"If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return"


Margot Fonteyn Quotations






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"Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work."
Peter Marshall

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Earl Nightingale

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
William James

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
Satchel Paige

"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."
Denis Watley

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.
Frederick William Faber

He who laughs last is generally the last to get the joke.
Terry Cohen

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Calvin Coolidge

"There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I am thinking."
John M Eades

"A loud voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if it's a whisper."
Barry Neil Kaufman