Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it. Gregg Easterbrook
I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner. Arthur Ashe
I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence. Richard Paul Evans
I don't know if it's just me or everyone, but the whole vibe with skiing is not so much thriving on competition against others as it is against myself and the clock. Picabo Street
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.Alexander the Great
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. Aristotle
I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts. Jeremy Lin
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. Mahatma Gandhi
I love sharing my knowledge of hitting with others. Now coaches and players at all levels can learn my systematic approach to hitting a baseball with more consistency, mental strength and accuracy.Dusty Baker
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. Frederick Douglass
I probably will have to become more political down the road when my playing days are done, because I'm going to have to have the support of others to grow my foundation. Tiger Woods
I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try now. Jonathan Carroll
I use doodling for a variety of reasons: I use it to get clarity around a concept, I use it to relax, I use it to communicate ideas with others and get their refinement of them, I use it to map complex systems for companies, I use it to run innovation games for business, I use it to get insight on something puzzling me. Sunni Brown
I was enrolled in divinity school and thought I was going to become a minister - I'm Episcopalian - but I was disavowed of that notion pretty quickly while working at the hospital. I found myself really unfulfilled by the answers that are traditionally offered to questions of why some people suffer and why others suffer so little. John Green
I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.Alexander the Great
I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too. Kate Morton
I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself. Sugar Ray Leonard