It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true.
Roger Babson

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
Daniel Webster

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke.
Herman Melville

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.
David Viscott

I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet and walk in his spirit. Although he may be hurried by his vocation, that's not the issue. The issue is how fast his spirit is going. To slow it down takes a period of time.
Charles Stanley

It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood.
David Hume

People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
Billie Holiday

The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
Calvin Klein

I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy.
Vivienne Westwood

If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than love.
Mortimer Adler

I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending.
Fred Rogers

Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.
Bill Watterson

My mom is always telling me it takes a long time to get to the top, but a short time to get to the bottom.
Mylie Cyrus

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.
Jesse Owens

Creativity takes courage.
Henri Matisse

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.
Jean Anouilh

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Charles Kettering

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
Henry James