Twyla Tharp Quotes

But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

Love always, in one way or another, means pain as well as joy.

To me, God comes first, my family come second. If I fail at those two, I'm just playing games.

I give up so much to do what I do. Like, I give up a personal life. I give up my friends, my family. I give up a lot of stuff to pursue what I love and to make my fans happy. I give up so much. So, I'm going to be the best.

Sometimes it felt as if all happiness came at a price. You could never, ever, have perfection. Life gave you beauty so you could bear the pain.

I do not think I will ever become deadened, because I live in other people's lives, I must admit there are times when it weighs medown because I can't do some of the things I want.

I'm pretty busy in my life and I'm very aware of what it takes to direct a movie. It takes a lot out of you; it takes a lot out of the rest of your life, from other people in your life. I don't lie around hungering for that consumption very often.

One thing about excellence, it&Mac226;s an exclusive club. And it&Mac226;s only for those who really want to pay dues to the s--. My daddy told me when I was a boy: The only way you can be different from other people is to do some s-- they don't want to do.

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.

...mementos of this world, in which the things worth being were so easily exchanged for the things worth having.

For everything you gain, you lose something.

To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written.

I've been told that people in the army do more by 7:00 am than I do in an entire day But if I wake at 6:59 am and turn to you to trace the outline of your lips with mine I will have done enough and killed no one in the process.

Give people a convincing reason and they will lay down their very lives.

We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.

After each game, I want to be able to say: I gave it all I could, I gave it my best.

And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life?

When you talk about sacrifices, the ones in my family who have sacrificed are my children, because I love what I'm doing. I love the work. I love to go out there and talk about organizing the people. To me, that's something I really enjoy.

Better lose me than lose a state.

To get squares you have to give up squares.