Quotes about what it Takes

Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends. Votes: 4

I know what it takes to get to the top. Votes: 4

If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you. Votes: 4

It doesn't matter who gets what. It's just a matter of doing what it takes to win. Votes: 4

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Votes: 4

I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers. Votes: 4

I want to learn - there's so much I have to learn about what it takes to be a recording artist, about what it takes to go on tour. Votes: 4

Tenacity is what it takes to dare unrelentingly Votes: 3

I know what it takes to win ball games. Votes: 3

I have what it takes to get the work done. Votes: 3

Discipline is what it takes to be a disciple of success Votes: 3

Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful. Votes: 3

You do what it takes. It was on me to deliver. Votes: 3

Never break or fold, that's what it takes to be major. Votes: 3

Success is doing what it takes in spite of one's fear. Votes: 3

I won't sleepif that's what it takesto not wake upas myself Votes: 3

[You] have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman. Votes: 3

Shaking the past, making my break, taking control, that's what it takes. Votes: 3

Never underestimate what it takes to watch someone you love in pain. Votes: 3

Some poeple just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie. Votes: 3

The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Votes: 3

If you have a dream, chase it no matter what it takes. Votes: 3

If you're not mad at the world, you don't have what it takes Votes: 3

I will do what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election Votes: 3

Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train. Votes: 3

Do what you love but do what it takes to do what you love. Votes: 3

I know what it takes to put on a good show for the fans. Votes: 3

I know what it takes to balance budgets. I have done it my entire life. Votes: 3

I want to be the man. I want to do what it takes to win. Votes: 3

Do you know what it takes to do [a global art project]? People, energy, glue. Votes: 3

Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account. Votes: 3

The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive. Votes: 3

If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right Votes: 3

I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players. Votes: 3

I want to be successful, but I don't really have what it takes to do it comfortably. Votes: 3

I know the game well. I'm a student of basketball; I know what it takes to win. Votes: 3

London has what it takes to host the greatest sporting show on earth [on the 2012 Olympic bid Votes: 3

If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. Votes: 3

Either you will do now what it takes or ten years from now you wish that you had. Votes: 3

A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there. Votes: 3

It never ceases to amaze me what it takes to develop and bring to mass production a product. Votes: 3

He has artistry," he repeated. "Because that's what it takes to blow things up. And cook his arm. Votes: 3

Our demographic dividend is our strength. The youth have what it takes to engage with the latest technology. Votes: 3

A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging - you have what it takes to solve your problem. Votes: 3

Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year. Votes: 3

Pause and remember - Stop procrastinating! Wishing is wonderful but action is what it takes to make it happen. Votes: 3

They said, congratulations you got what it takes. They sent him back to the rat race without any brakes. Votes: 3

Life is full of surprises, but the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them. Votes: 3

When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "the courage to be hated." Votes: 3

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly. I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky. Votes: 3

I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit Votes: 3

The established order has too many self-protecting economic entities, and not enough people who yet understand what it takes to change. Votes: 3

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest. Votes: 3

Technical expertise is only a tiny portion of what it takes to be a successful employee and, particularly, a successful leader. Votes: 3

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that. Votes: 3

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Votes: 3

People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that's what it takes to accomplish your goals. Votes: 3

Praise to our Father-God, High praise in solemn lay, Alike for what His hand hath given, And what it takes away. Votes: 3

I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it. Votes: 3

As a businessman, I know President Obama understands what it takes to spark economic growth, because I have seen him in action. Votes: 3

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting. Votes: 3

Surrounded by the self -sufficiency of American culture, we can convince ourselves that we have what it takes to achieve something great. Votes: 3

Now, perhaps more than ever, we need more and more examples of healing. We need to learn what it takes to heal. Votes: 3

I don't think I have what it takes to make a good action game. I think I'm better at telling a story. Votes: 3

If you ask people do you think that government should spend less money than what it takes in, most people agree with that. Votes: 3

Success is buried on the other side of frustration; unfortunately some people don't do what it takes to get to the other side. Votes: 3

We can make life in the computer. Granted, it's limited, but we have learned what it takes in order to actually construct it. Votes: 3

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me. Votes: 3

Life is not fair; you do what it takes and at the end, you are the only person going home with empty hands. Votes: 3

For me, I would rather read a good book, from a contented author. I don't really care what it takes to produce that. Votes: 3

Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove you haven't got what it takes. Votes: 3

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through. Votes: 3

He's (Jack McKeon) been around baseball for twenty-plus years. He knows what it takes to be a manager. I hope he gets the chance. Votes: 3

Determination knows that you can do what it takes, even if that is hard or frightening, in order to achieve the goal you seek. Votes: 3

You know something is important when you're willing to let someone else take the credit if that's what it takes to get it done. Votes: 3

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind. Votes: 3

We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane. Votes: 3

I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people stay. It's heartbreaking. Votes: 3

I would think every organization has pitchers who have good talent but just don't have what it takes to make it with what they've got. Votes: 3

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him. Votes: 3

God is looking for fearless and courageous faith rooted in obedience of His law. This is what it takes to work for God. Joshua 1:1-9 Votes: 3

Be who you want to be, do what it takes to be that way, and in time, you will have what you want in life. Votes: 3

I know what it takes to be a good boyfriend. Time, first and foremost. To be there for someone and be involved in their life. Votes: 3

To the people that have said I'm too small, I'm not fast enough, I don't have what it takes, I'm not strong enough. THANK YOU Votes: 3

I'm fearful when I push myself. It's a tough thing to do, but you need to acknowledge that you have what it takes to succeed. Votes: 3

Once Im in the ring, Im there to win no matter what it takes. Nobody and nothing can stop me, my will cannot be broken Votes: 3

Becoming a champion is not an easy process... It is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there. Votes: 3

It's a lot of work to keep reinventing yourself and coming up with new stuff, but that's what it takes to be in show business. Votes: 3

You can't fight off Ebola the way you fight off a cold. Ebola does in ten days what it takes AIDS ten years to accomplish. Votes: 3

I know what it takes to be fast and I feel like every year I learn valuable lessons about how to be better the next time. Votes: 3

I always thought models had to fit a certain mould. I never thought I had what it takes. I'm too small and my look's pretty weird Votes: 3

I want to be one of the greats. I want to be the pound for pound king and I know what it takes to get there. Votes: 3

I always thought models had to fit a certain mould. I never thought I had what it takes. I'm too small and my look's pretty weird. Votes: 3

I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to your neck. Votes: 3

I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the way a character walks. Votes: 3

There's no how-to guide for how to change the world. But it's easy to get hung up by misconceptions about what it takes to make an impact. Votes: 3

I don't think I'm stubborn. I just focus on the task at hand and do what it takes. Persistence is the single most important thing for success. Votes: 3

It doesn't matter how good the movie is. What matters is what it takes during the opening weekend. It's slightly distressing sometimes but that's how it works. Votes: 3

Wrestling and acting couldn't be anymore different in terms of what it takes to entertain. Wrestling is explosion, acting is implosion. One really screws up the other. Votes: 3

Never fall in love with anything life throws at you. You have what it takes to colour your environment with the right decisions at the right time! Votes: 3

Believe in yourself. Know you have what it takes, to make excellence a good habit. Focus on doing excellent work and use discipline to make it happen. Votes: 3

I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential. Votes: 3

I can't believe that I would keep, keep you from flying And I would cry a thousand more if that's what it takes to sail you home. Votes: 3

When you're composing for somebody, that means you have a boss. You have to do what it takes to, at the end of the day, appease them. Votes: 3

The truth is that we all have what it takes to succeed and the fact is that not everyone will attain what they define success to be. Votes: 3

You have people telling you how good you are and all of a sudden, you might start believing it and forget what it takes to be good. Votes: 3

The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of the things and stay there. Votes: 3

In the Middle Eastern culture, it is looked upon with very high regard to get the best deal possible, no matter what it takes, and that includes lying. Votes: 3

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge. Votes: 3

[T]he essence of so-called war prosperity: it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income. Votes: 3

Is it always to be a winners-losers world, or can we keep everyone in the game? Do we still have what it takes to find a better way? Votes: 3

Think you are weak, think you lack what it takes, think you will lose, think you are second class - think this way and you are doomed to mediocrity. Votes: 3

I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games. Votes: 3

I think many times in relationships as it escalates to marriage, what it takes to breed a marriage, is the same thing that it takes to breed a career. Votes: 3

We learned that a former prisoner of war had more to teach us about what it takes to find a path to greatness than most books on corporate strategy. Votes: 3

The surest sign that you're working with the life-affirming kind of discipline, rather than the spirit-depressing kind, is that you don't complain very much about doing what it takes. Votes: 3

Mission + tools. That’s really what it takes to have focus...you fail at focus because whatever you are trying to focus on isn’t important enough to you. Votes: 3

I don't know what it takes to make marriage work, but I'm going to keep trying until I get it right. I haven't given up on love or marriage. Votes: 3

For the first time in over a decade, your state government is doing what you do every day at home-spending what it takes in and saving for a rainy day. Votes: 3

How should we provide for our families? Financially, spatially (be near them), emotionally, morally, spiritually. ...I don't have what it takes to provide for my family spiritually; I need Jesus. Votes: 3

I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it takes to make a song work by yourself. Votes: 3

Everyone should understand that getting good photos is paramount to everything. You have to do what it takes and often comfort and sleep are the first casualties of an assignment. Votes: 3

My time in the Army gave me an understanding for what it takes to provide for our national security and what it means to our service members and their families. Votes: 3

If at war, understand what it takes to win: Set a goal, define victory and fully support the effort. Leave no doubt that you respect the troops and appreciate their service. Votes: 3

There is an increasing gap between academic research and business application. Sometimes the incentives for success in the academic world are not consistent with what it takes to run a company. Votes: 3

Wholeheartedly do what it takes to awaken your clear-seeing intelligence, but one day at a time, one moment at a time. If we live that way, we will benefit this earth. Votes: 3

I'm not for cutting off hands but I'm more for cutting off hands than I am for molesting children, if that's what it takes to stop it. I think that's fair. Votes: 3

Criminality is now legal. I guess criminal racketeering these days would be like burning little children at the stake or something. That's about what it takes to get anyone to care. Votes: 3

I think that if you can achieve a balance, then you appease a lot of yourself and your career and what it takes to maintain in this business for a while. Votes: 3

I think that if you can achieve a balance, then you appease a lot of yourself and your career and what it takes to maintain in this business for a while Votes: 3

We have learned how to develop five-minute and even one-minute managers. But we would do better to ask ourselves what it takes to be an executive who helps build a better future. Votes: 3

Expect the unexpected, and always be ready - everyone has inside them what it takes to be successful. You just have to be ready to unleash it when the opportunity presents itself. Votes: 3

In a zero corporate tax rate environment, if the private sector doesn't create tens of millions of jobs, then I don't know what it takes to create tens of millions of jobs. Votes: 3

Are we going to give up, or are we going to be the kind of people who stand up and do what it takes, even if we don't feel like doing it? Votes: 3

Faith does not change my circumstances; faith changes me. Faith may not bring in the tuition check when I need it, but faith will give me what it takes to hang on. Votes: 3

Famed value investor Guy Spier has managed to write what is both a gripping memoir and a fascinating study of what it takes to succeed in investing and life. A must read! Votes: 3

Find some fun way to get a little more oil on your hands or mud on your boots. Sometimes, that's what it takes to take down some of the really big problems. Votes: 3

Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there. Votes: 3

I always worked in institutions, I never had a restaurant of my own before, but I have opened over 30 hotels, restaurants and casinos. I understand what it takes to keep them running. Votes: 3

Writing is not the lottery. New writers have to be realistic about what it takes to get published. But there is one similarity to the lottery: You have to play to win. Votes: 3

Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away. Votes: 3

When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a piece of yourself inside her, because sometimes that is what it takes to claim. Votes: 3

I think Hillary and Bill are really liberals at heart. I think that, in addition to being liberals, they are very practical. They have made some decisions about what it takes to win. Votes: 3

We see the people that have got stars in their eyes, but if you've really got what it takes, you can get from, say the beginnings, to the top in about five years. Votes: 3

Dream big. Find what makes you happy, and pursue it as you would food and warmth. You deserve it. And if you don't, then do what it takes to become worthy of it. Votes: 3

I like teaching. I would like to help out with the young catchers; be there for them and obviously, you know, what it takes to get here. That's the biggest thing, I think. Votes: 3

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed. Votes: 3

Transform your dreams into reality. You know you have what it takes to make your dreams come true. Start now and dedicate yourself to success. Shoot for the stars. You can do it. Votes: 3

Peace means something different from 'not fighting'. Those aren't peace advocates, they're 'stop fighting' advocates. Peace is an active and complex thing and sometimes fighting is part of what it takes to get it. Votes: 3

It is not a question of whether you 'have what it takes,' but of whether you take the gifts you have - they are plenteous - and share them with all the world. Votes: 3

It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God. Votes: 3

You may have what it takes to be successful, but if you lose yourself in someone else's priorities or societal expectations, you will be judged not by your potential but rather by your history Votes: 3

Demonstrate to your customer the difference between price and cost. The price is what it takes to purchase the item. The cost is the amount the customer eventually pays. They are not the same. Votes: 3

I have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a song work by myself, to put a song across to an audience by myself. Votes: 3

Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus. Votes: 3

All he wants to do is practice and that's all he does, all day long. That's what it takes if you want to change the face of music. You've gotta be committed to it. Votes: 3

Who in their right mind wouldn't listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he's letting us do the things to have the success. Votes: 3

I would certainly rather the industry not go broke, but if that's what it takes for everyone to acquire some values and lose that sense of entitlement, maybe a little belt-tightening wouldn't be so tragic. Votes: 3

Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which cannot be changed, the courage to change that which should be changed, no matter what it takes, and the wisdom to know the difference. Votes: 3

We've got to somehow stabilize our connection to nature so that in 50 years from now, 500 years, 5,000 years from now there will still be a wild system and respect for what it takes to sustain us. Votes: 3

When you see me do a five-minute thing, there's been about two years of preparation behind that. You know, I find that's what it takes to really make it the level of quality I prefer. Votes: 3

It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes. Votes: 3

To be physically fit is just a small aspect. You can be a beautiful physical specimen, but you're empty as far as what it takes to be a person, and that shows up real fast Votes: 3

I have always felt and said that a man who can be a champion in one era could be a champion in any other era because he has what it takes to reach the top. Votes: 3

If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym. Votes: 3

Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes'; They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.' Votes: 3

To be physically fit is just a small aspect. You can be a beautiful physical specimen, but you're empty as far as what it takes to be a person, and that shows up real fast. Votes: 3

I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into. Votes: 3

It's more of a strength model to say that [Vladimir] Putin will do what it takes to defend his country. But that's why Putin is dangerous and Russia is a major cause of concern for us . Votes: 3

I don't have what it takes to inspire someone to become a "worldly" musician or rapper! I can't use the power God gave me yesterday to work against the Kingdom God set up many years ago! Votes: 3

Anyaele Sam Chiyson Leadership Law of Successful Results: Renowned leaders strive for victory and outdo their previous successes, they do what it takes to recognize an opportunity and pounce on it rightly to achieve great results. Votes: 3

The more generous the benefit, the easier you make it to stay on unemployment insurance, and the less incentive there is for people to actually go out and do what it takes to get a job. Votes: 3

On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan. Votes: 3

For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to be in politics, but should become a reformer, if he has what it takes! Votes: 3

Bring your dreams to reality. Believe in yourself. You know you have what it takes, to make your dreams come true. Start now and dedicate yourself to success. Shoot for the stars and make it happen. Votes: 3

Bring your dreams to reality. Believe in yourself. You know you have what it takes to make your dreams come true. Start now and dedicate yourself for success. Shoot for the stars and make it happen. Votes: 3

Bring your dreams into reality. Believe in yourself. You know you have what it takes to make your dreams come true. Start now and work with ambition for total success. Aim high and make it happen. Votes: 3

Single-mindedness. I hate to say it because I don't think it's the best thing for developing a person, but the single-mindedness - just concentrating in the one area - that's what it takes to be a champion. Votes: 3

Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good. Votes: 3

It takes courage to look like an idiot possibly and fall and fail but that's what it takes to learn to succeed so you have to be willing to practice or rehearse to work your risk muscle. Votes: 3

You can actually suffer a little bit more going slowly than when you're going really fast. A faster marathon might even be easier than a slow one, in terms of what it takes out of you mentally. Votes: 3

I don't care about anything but keeping her alive. If it's a child she wants, she can have it. She can have half a dozen babies. Anything she wants. She can have puppies, if that's what it takes. Votes: 3

I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that's what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big screen. You have to give them a cinematic experience. Votes: 3

The message is for everybody who wears the uniform: get ready. The United States will do what it takes to win this war... And this is an administration that is going to dedicate ourselves to winning that war. Votes: 3

Go on and close your eyes, go on imagine me there She's got similar features with longer hair And if that's what it takes to get you through Go on and close your eyes it shouldn't bother you Votes: 3

Roman Catholics don't like when their religion is mocked. Christians don't like it. Jews don't like it. But this is what it takes to live in a pluralistic society. You have the right to offend and be offended. Votes: 3

I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it. Votes: 3

It's hard for me to approach [a film] as a still image now that I know exactly what it takes to make a movie. I mean, I know what it takes to make a movie that lasts five minutes. Votes: 3

I had the great privilege in 2011 and 2012 of learning a lot about what it takes to run for the presidency of the United States. It is one of the greatest challenges that any human being could take upon themselves. Votes: 3

It was reported that the New York Knicks have won all 12 of the home games attended by magician David Blaine. A spokesman for the Knicks said, 'if this is what it takes to win, it's not worth it.' Votes: 3

[My book is] a collection of letters and essays about what it takes to be a young woman today. Mostly the taboo things that girls don't want to talk about, but once we do we realize we're not alone. Votes: 3

You know, many of you kids can't relate to what it takes to get to the top rung, the top of the heap, to have success. We're looking for things that come in a minute. It just doesn't happen. Votes: 3

The Compound Effect is a must-read book for success seekers. You want to know what it takes? You want to know what to do? It's all in these pages. The Compound Effect is a clear and concise success operation manual! Votes: 3

Beware! Balance rules the cosmos. It is not concerned with good or bad. You can be struck by misfortune and be buried in grief if that is what it takes to restore the imbalance you have wrought unto the world. Votes: 3

You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good; You're getting a bad reputation in your neighborhood. It's alright, it's alright; Sometimes that's what it takes. You're only human, you're allowed to make your share of mistakes. Votes: 3

Basketball is a game that gives you every chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you haven't got what it takes. It never takes away the chance, and it never eases up on the pressure. Votes: 3

How was I to know that I'd be ok? I thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know that I'd be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know? Votes: 3

I live in a world of possibility and opportunity. You look for the light. There's darkness everywhere but you look for that spot of light and you work your way towards it, and you do what it takes to get there. Votes: 3

It feels great to know that whatever you need to achieve your dreams are in you. Whatever the spider needs to make a cobweb is not in the housefly. Look to yourself; you have what it takes to weave your success! Votes: 3

I understand what it takes to make a bright and prosperous future for America again. I spent my life in the private sector, not in government. I'm a guy who wants to help with the experience I have, the American people. Votes: 3

We've been able to handle any team that you guys put in front of us. We've had confidence since day one. ... We feel like any team we play against, we've got what it takes to put ourselves in a position to win. Votes: 3

If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high you'd laugh and say nothing that simple, but you've been told many times before messiah's point you to the door though no one's got the guts to leave the temple. Votes: 3

Sometimes even feeling bad feels good. Negative emotions can feel so familiar (especially if they mimic our past) as to actually be comforting. Awareness is realizing that our life could always be better. Growth is doing what it takes to make it better... Votes: 3

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people. Votes: 3

You are the only one who can do it like you do it. You are the best. You have what it takes. You have the power. When you put your mind to something, you get it done. So what are you waiting for? Votes: 3

Love is not talk or theory; it's action. In fact the Bible says that we cannot be walking in love if we see a brother in need, have what it takes to meet his need, and will not do anything to help him. Votes: 3

Infidelity gives nothing in return for what it takes away. What, then, is it worth? Everything valuable as a compensating power. Not a blade of grass that withers, or the ugliest weed that is flung away to rot and die, but reproduces something. Votes: 3

Italian women are some of the most beautiful in the world. This is why the Vatican is in Italy. If a man can walk across Italy and retain his celibacy, he's got what it takes to be a priest - or an interior decorator. Votes: 3

In true natural selection, if a body has what it takes to survive, its genes automatically survive because they are inside it. So the genes that survive tend to be, automatically, those genes that confer on bodies the qualities that assist them to survive. Votes: 3

Do what you need to do, so that you can do what you want to do. Success and convenience do not go together. You have what it takes to be successful, so you have to step up your game and make room for it. Votes: 3

I never realized that growing up in Brooklyn, flying jets, working on Wall Street and starring in a sci-fi series was the prerequisite for the fast-paced demands of talk radio. But, if that's what it takes to succeed, I'm glad I did it all. Votes: 3

In life I learned that you should not brag, until you've done it And even worse than that.. Could you do it again?? That's why I'm always humble, humbleness is a brave man's obligation, since he knows what it takes to accomplish a great deed Votes: 3

If you make me your president, I'm going to put the country ahead of the party. I'm going to do what it takes to defend this nation. This nation has been great to me, and that's the only way I know to pay you back. Votes: 3

You have to continue to learn. That's how you develop. So the people who show that curiosity, that ambition, that willingness to do what it takes to improve and to get better, they're the people who are going to be successful in the long term. Votes: 3

I was never like, "Oh man, I want a Grammy and I'll do whatever it takes." Someone like that might not do what it takes to have a decent touring career, because they're in the studio trying to master whatever they're doing to win a Grammy. Votes: 3

Stupid presidents, smart presidents, white presidents, black presidents -- doesn't work! What this country needs is a crazy Third World dictator. And Donald Trump has what it takes to be that. He's already got a plane with his name on it, solid gold buildings, a harem... Votes: 3

Marcus Buckingham has a keen sense of what it takes to excel, and he backs his insights with an impressive body of in-depth interviews and research. This is an important book for anybody who aspires to effective leadership, managing, or any kind of enduring individual achievement. Votes: 3

I think everybody has to be better, right from me out. Everybody has to step up their games for us to be successful here. I've been lucky to be on some good teams over the years and that's what it takes, everybody contributing night after night. Votes: 3

Positioning yourself and effective branding should not be left to sports and movie stars. Your need a personal coach, manager or mentor otherwise your expertise, skills or talent will not go far. You might have what it takes but sometimes you lack strategy and some finer elements. Votes: 3

Time, the thing we can't beat backYet, time is also what it takes to heal, what it takes for certain memory cells to die. Maybe time doesn't heal. Maybe it doesn't even pass. We pass through time, and come out stunned, so rage, and memory, are blurred. Votes: 3

I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure. Votes: 3

He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to be successful. It really depends on the young man's desire, commitment, work habits, and how important it is to him when he returns. Votes: 3

I have to try. I can't leave him there. You don't understand, Vik. I love him, and I can't let him pay for something I did. I don't care what it takes, we have to save him. (Alix) Those words, little girl, just saved your life. (Shahara) Votes: 3

You always think you're one of those players who will be in one place the whole time, one of those guys they'll never let leave because you play hurt, do what it takes. But it's a different age. A lot of coaches, they like having younger guys. Votes: 3

'The Dance Scene' is just a real look at what it takes. You see the award shows. You see the videos and you never realize what goes on behind the scenes. The reality and the preparation. The motivation I have to give each dancer on that set. Votes: 3

You have what it takes! Believe! You are the one with the dream. You own it. And you will walk through the open doors. Nothing can stop you Risk, even if you make mistakes. So live with faith and abandon. Have some fun. You are being carried Votes: 3

The Dance Scene' is just a real look at what it takes. You see the award shows. You see the videos and you never realize what goes on behind the scenes. The reality and the preparation. The motivation I have to give each dancer on that set. Votes: 3

Sometimes the things we want most are the hardest to get. That means you need to be even more determined to succeed. That's what it takes to be a winner. You have to want it bad enough to stick with it no matter how tough things get. Votes: 3

Part of paying the price is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. It comes from a declaration that you are going to get it done no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, no matter what comes up. Votes: 3

It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. One small step and then another. That's what it takes to raise a child, to get a degree, to write a book, to do whatever it is your heart desires. Votes: 3

To me, success in the job is setting a vision, guiding an organization through change - which is exactly what I did at Digitas, and I'm very proud of that - and bringing people together and with you. That, to me, is what it takes to be successful. Votes: 3

The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you. Votes: 3

I have no pride about anything I have done. It's just not the way I think about things. I do the work, always, as hard as I can, to the point of pain, injury, exhaustion, if that is what it takes. Once I am done, I move on. Votes: 3

I guess if you're lucky enough not to have to pay your rent, then you or I take much more seriously the kind of work that I do, what it takes for me to leave two teenagers of my own and six stepchildren and a husband and four grandchildren. Votes: 3

The life force knows exactly what it takes to keep any particular living organism - any organism - alive. Anything in manifestation, for that matter. Even a rock is a manifestation of some sort, and you know, in physics and quantum physics, they know a rock is not dead. Votes: 3

Formally, I did my studies in the sciences, but I was very conscious that I was being deprived of culture. While studying neuroscience, I was running a rock-music festival and was able to use that as a platform to explore what it takes to produce art for 20,000 inebriated 20-somethings. Votes: 3

If you're completely off your rocker and have delusions of grandeur in which your personal existence is of special significance to the rest of the world, all hope is not lost. Mix in enough charisma and you have what it takes to start a religion... or become a serial killer." Votes: 3

I've always claimed that success in writing - provided of course one had what it takes to make a writer - is like success in marriage, largely a question of good sportsmanship, of keeping on keeping on, of giving one's best and trying, everlastingly trying to make that best, better. Votes: 3

Keenen Ivory Wayans Votes: 2

You take what God gives you and relish it. Votes: 2

I lost a company. So what? It's just stuff. Can't take it with you. Votes: 2

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. Votes: 2

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you. Votes: 2

Japan is a bully nation that takes what it wants and threatens any who oppose it. Votes: 2

War is complicated and intense, and it takes time and thoughts to understand what it was. Votes: 2

Don't take criticism personally; take from it what's useful. Apply it and move on to something better. Votes: 2

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important. Votes: 2

It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. Votes: 2

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. Votes: 2

When a company is facing a problem, it always takes a stance and takes a decision, but at the same time it wants to make sure of what it can learn from it, what enhancements it can make. Votes: 2

Nothing in nature takes more than what it needs Votes: 0

What it takes to win is simple, it's not easy. Votes: 0

It takes no courage to say or do what's popular. Votes: 0

Building Product - What it takes to be world class Votes: 0

You measure a person by what it takes to discourage them. Votes: 0

It takes effort to promote what you do until it becomes habit. Votes: 0

It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done. Votes: 0

It takes some experimentation to figure out what people like and don't like. Votes: 0

You'll be okay. No matter what shape reality takes, you can handle it. Votes: 0

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life. Votes: 0

Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that's what you've lived. Votes: 0

I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. Votes: 0

What nerds miss is that it takes hard work to make sales look easy. Votes: 0

What matters is not how long it takes but the grace of fulfilled dream. Votes: 0

It takes knowledge to know something. It takes guts to do what you know. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter who you are, it's what you do that takes you far. Votes: 0

Unbelief is safe, because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects. Votes: 0

What you have inherited from your forefathers, it takes work to make it your own. Votes: 0

What experience has shown me is that it takes your life to become an artist. Votes: 0

When the light returns to its source, it takes nothing of what it has illuminated. Votes: 0

Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away. Votes: 0

I'll do whatever it takes for a movie. I don't really care what that is. Votes: 0

It takes the best part of a lifetime to find out what you don't want. Votes: 0

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. Votes: 0

A pioneering and invaluable work about what it really takes to build innovation capability in society. Votes: 0

Who could have predicted what would happen in the time it takes to boil an egg? Votes: 0

It takes tremendous courage to change and grow up to be what we want to be. Votes: 0

You've got to love what's lovable, and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference. Votes: 0

it takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is Votes: 0

It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right. Votes: 0

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him. Votes: 0

Teaching is what is technically known as a polymorphous activity; it quite literally takes many different forms. Votes: 0

A call for women... To rise up what it really takes for the reward of financial freedom. Votes: 0

If you're interested, you will do what is convenient; if you're committed, you'll do whatever it takes. Votes: 0

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind. Votes: 0

Gold don't come off. What's good stays good no matter how much of a beating it takes. Votes: 0

It takes years as a woman to unlearn what you have been taught to be sorry for. Votes: 0

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success. Votes: 0

Whatever it takes to get the image to reach that level is what that photographer needs to do. Votes: 0

The country is full of good coaches. What it takes to win is a bunch of interested players. Votes: 0

Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty. Votes: 0

It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is. Votes: 0

... life is a comedy far darker than drama. It just takes time to learn what to smile at. Votes: 0

If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought. Votes: 0

It takes more than just walking across the border to become an American citizen. It's what's in our souls. Votes: 0

What a healthy out-of-door appetite it takes to relish the apple of life, the apple of the world, then! Votes: 0

It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make. Votes: 0

It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is. Votes: 0

a great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make ... Votes: 0

Never write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened. Votes: 0

Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. Votes: 0

Faith is not by wishful thinking, it is what takes root in the heart and shows in one's actions. Votes: 0

It takes a Newton to forge a Newton. What man could have fabricated a Jesus? None but a Jesus. Votes: 0

Just another proof, of course, of what I often say - it takes all sorts to make a world. Votes: 0

What is needed desperately today is prophetic insight. Scholars can interpret the past; it takes prophets to interpret the present. Votes: 0

I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do? Votes: 0

What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place. Votes: 0

Man is fatally slow on the uptake; it always takes him until the next generation to understand what's going on. Votes: 0

I knew people want most what they pretend to hate, that it takes courage to say what you really want. Votes: 0

It takes courage to do what you want. Other people have a lot of plans for you... Follow your bliss. Votes: 0

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. / No one knows what he can do till he tries. Votes: 0

Following takes why. Transactions take what. It has to be real. It has to be the same for writing a book. Votes: 0

Just what part does the State play in production to warrant its rake-off? The State does not give; it merely takes. Votes: 0

Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind. Votes: 0

A system under which it takes three men to check what one is doing is not control; it is systematic strangulation. Votes: 0

It's the hardest thing in the world - to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kinds of courage. Votes: 0

O who would trust this world, or prize what's in it, That gives and takes, and chops and changes, ev'ry minute? Votes: 0

Yoga takes what you have and molds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel. Votes: 0

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. Votes: 0

All human development, no matter what form it takes, must be outside the rules; otherwise we would never have anything new. Votes: 0

What takes more guts? To fight for your own life at any cost—or prove that you're willing to lose it? Votes: 0

It definitely takes a fair bit of experience to know what's the right kind of wave and which is the wrong wave. Votes: 0

I find music distracting - it takes me out of my head. What I love so much about skiing is the peacefulness. Votes: 0

Success, in whatever form it takes, is a tricky thing - once you've achieved your goal, then what? Where do you aim? Votes: 0

You can have anything you want. You just have to decide what you want and do everything it takes to get it! Votes: 0

I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable. Votes: 0

What's the difference between Lindsay Lohan and Rick Perry? It only takes Lindsay four and a half hours to finish a sentence. Votes: 0

It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it. Votes: 0

Say what men may, it is doctrine that moves the world. He who takes no position will not sway the human intellect. Votes: 0

As commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to defend America. But in defending America, we cannot lose what America stands for. Votes: 0

a gentleman will walk but never run.. it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.. be yourself no matter what they say.. Votes: 0

Sometimes it takes time to get into what ideas actually mean to you. Even when you're not writing a song, it's like that. Votes: 0

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it. Votes: 0

I have been in the business long enough to know what an intense amount of work it takes to operate a theater company. Votes: 0

Sometimes it takes you awhile to get to it, but you always get there, and what you say is always worth waiting for. Votes: 0

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ. Votes: 0

Tell a thousand people to draft a letter, let them debate every phrase, and see how long it takes and what you get. Votes: 0

People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it. Votes: 0

Books have to be read (worse luck, for it takes a long time); it is the only way of discovering what they contain. Votes: 0

Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy. Votes: 0

It takes time to really understand your body shape and it's taken me years to know what I can and can't pull off. Votes: 0

It is a great blessing to be able to forget, but it takes a lot of wisdom to know what should be forgotten. Votes: 0

If a consensus of the majority is all it takes to determine what is right, then having and controlling information becomes extraordinarily important. Votes: 0

I define ministry as what you've went through. I believe it takes somebody to go through something to be able to minister to something. Votes: 0

I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe. Votes: 0

What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization. Votes: 0

Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago. Votes: 0

Worship is a posture of life that takes as its primary purpose the understanding of what it really means to love and revere God. Votes: 0

You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over. Votes: 0

Life is amazing, life is odd. Life is not what you expected it to be. Things happen... Growing up takes longer than you think. Votes: 0

Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is - no matter what form it takes - you are still, you are at peace. Votes: 0

Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what's the point? In a way, it takes up as much time as anything else. Votes: 0

When people ask me if I have a boyfriend, I tell them it's my guitar because, really, it's what takes up all my time. Votes: 0

I have a very realistic image of what marriage should be. It takes effort, but it shouldn't be the hardest thing that you do. Votes: 0

Just stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you! Votes: 0

The World Wide Web is the only thing I know of whose shortened form takes three times longer to say than what it's short for. Votes: 0

But having had your bright, fresh, original idea, the really hard part is turning it into a successful product. That's what takes all the sweat. Votes: 0

When the vain speaker has sat down, and the people say 'what a good speech,' it still takes an ounce to balance an ounce. Votes: 0

What's interesting about art in public spaces is that the public really sort of takes over and uses it in ways that you didn't anticipate. Votes: 0

I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work. Votes: 0

Pretending to care what men think is an art. It takes moments to learn, but lifetimes to master. I'd like to believe I'm an expert. Votes: 0

People buy-into what they can understand quickly. If it takes you a long time to make your point, most people think you don't have one! Votes: 0

I always go through different phases of how I write and record. It takes me a long time to kind of conceptualize what feels right. Votes: 0

When we blaze trails, which is what Hulu is about, it takes time. That is not for the faint of heart, and we understand that. Votes: 0

America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure justice for all its people. What it lacks is the heart, the humanity ... Votes: 0

It takes close attention to see what is happening in front of you. It takes work, pious effort, to see what you are looking at. Votes: 0

It takes a tremen­dous act of courage to admit to your­self that you are not defec­tive in any way what­so­ever. Votes: 0

If someone tells you a lie, they're not telling you the truth, but they are telling you something. It just takes longer to figure out what. Votes: 0

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot. Votes: 0

I am kind of being a little selective in what I do, so it takes a little bit longer, but it's worth it in the end. Votes: 0

Art should take what is complex and render it simply. It takes a lot of skill, human understanding, stamina, courage, energy, and heart to do that. Votes: 0

A good ending is vital to a picture, the single most important element, because it is what the audience takes with them out of the theater. Votes: 0

If we think it takes a lot of effort and hard work to get what we want, then our life is going to be about struggle. Votes: 0

Dying well is easy,it only takes a moment of courage. It’s living well that I couldn’t do. What’s death compared to that. Votes: 0

It takes me forever to actually finish something like a ten-page essay. But, when I do, I usually love what they are. It's a complicated relationship. Votes: 0

If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated. Votes: 0

"ŽWhat doesn't bend must break, when dooms are apportioned and destiny takes the lead. As it will now, and as it must, until this struggle ends. Votes: 0

It usually takes me at least ten days and a number of snacks to go from feeling something to being able to articulate what I felt. Votes: 0

Trust is a fragile thing. All it takes is a single moment in time, or a single word, to destroy what took a lifetime to build. Votes: 0

It takes some of us a lifetime to learn that Christ, our Good Shepherd, knows exactly what He is doing with us. He understands us perfectly. Votes: 0

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do it even though it takes a lot. Votes: 0

98% of the people in the world are harmless and wish you well, but it only takes one person who doesn't. That's what you're constantly on guard against. Votes: 0

Even if it takes changing the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they got. Votes: 0

There comes a time that every obstacle may stand against you; it takes your love to keep you on track with what you are passionate about pursuing. Votes: 0

[...] it doesn't take much courage to fight when you still believe you can win. What takes real courage is to keep fighting when all hope is gone. Votes: 0

Hollywood is the kind of place that takes what you do well in one thing and manufactures it so the joy can be taken out of it. Votes: 0

I totally hate when somebody takes a classic and desecrates it. I like Jimmy Page and P. Diddy, but what they did to 'Kashmir' was a debacle. Votes: 0

Manifesting takes place from Spirit. It doesn't take place from form, from the physical world. You've got to know that what you want to manifest will occur. Votes: 0

So, what do you think they'll do to him?" I ask. Prim sounds about a thousand years old when she speaks. "Whatever it takes to break you. Votes: 0

I carry a disposable camera. It takes me back to my childhood, when you had to develop your film and wait to see what pictures you got. Votes: 0

He will wipe the tears from all faces.' It takes nothing from the loveliness of the verse to say that is exactly what will be required Votes: 0

Poetry is an act of distillation. It takes contingency samples, is selective. It telescopes time. It focuses what most often floods past us in a polite blur. Votes: 0

Art is in itself noble; that is why the artist has no fear of what is common. This, indeed, is already ennobled when he takes it up. Votes: 0

Analysis takes back with one hand what it gives with the other. I recoil in fear and loathing from that deplorable evil: continuous functions with no derivatives. Votes: 0

What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better. Votes: 0

I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time. Votes: 0

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward. Votes: 0

This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable. Votes: 0

Goal setting is another integral part of achieving any dream. It is what takes a supernatural vision into the material realm where we can see it being accomplished. Votes: 0

Because it doesn't take much courage to fight when you still believe you can win. What takes real courage is to keep fighting when all hope is gone. Votes: 0

I think what happens is when something becomes successful, then a lot of people take credit for it in such ways that it takes credit away from you. Votes: 0

I would say [Lamar] Kendrick, it`s always fun to see what happens when Kendrick takes the stage. And my two oldest kids are huge fans of him. Votes: 0

Every year, it takes more brains to navigate this complicated world. More people are falling below what I call the 'incompetence line' through no fault of their own. Votes: 0

It's always fun to see where my journey takes me and how sometimes what's not on the list is so much better than what you could have imagined. Votes: 0

I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family. Votes: 0

The exciting thing about seeing a new show is that you are taken on a journey of surprises, if you know what's coming it takes away the fun. Votes: 0

Whoever is versed in the jargon does not have to say what he thinks, does not even have to think it properly. The jargon takes over this task. Votes: 0

It hardly takes more than a day in Gaza to begin to appreciate what it must be like to try to survive in the world's largest open-air prison. Votes: 0

Your health is what you make of it. Everything you do and think either adds to the vitality, energy and spirit you possess or takes away from it. Votes: 0

I think the most surprising thing about giving is it takes a while to find out what you're really interested in and what you really want to do. Votes: 0

All it takes is a simple choice, a simple decision: no matter what happens, I will create no more pain for myself. I will create no more problems. Votes: 0

[The child] takes his play very seriously and he expends large amounts of emotion on it. The opposite of play is not what is serious but what is real. Votes: 0

We will certainly see teachers, journalists, artists and poets in space. Whatever it takes to the be the best is what it will take to get you into space. Votes: 0

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. Votes: 0

Your money habits and investment strategy is not all about what you do, but much about who you are. Become the person it takes to do, succeed, and innovate. Votes: 0

George Burns, what a man. He read in the paper that it takes ten dollars a year to support a kid in India. So he sent his kids there. Votes: 0

Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do. Votes: 0

People's need to protect their own egos know no bounds. They will lie, cheat, steal, even kill, to do whatever it takes to maintain what we call ego boundries. Votes: 0

It takes two hands to clap! I cannot be solely blamed for what happened in my relationships! If things soured, it happened because of both parties. Not just me! Votes: 0

A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is. Votes: 0

Most women can't handle the reality of what comes with being with me. It takes a very secure woman to be backstage at a concert hearing 15,000 females going crazy. Votes: 0

I'm just finding that when I'm sitting down and drawing the pages, it always takes me in a different direction than what I had in mind in my head. Votes: 0

One will never get any more than he thinks he can get. YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Look back and see your progress - damn the torpedo, full speed ahead! Votes: 0