Once you achieve one goal, you should be looking forward to trying to build onto the next thing, and not just getting comfortable with what you're doing.
You can't have the finest buildings if they're not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street.
A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured.
I never run hills. My quads are already big enough. I don't run to build muscle; I do it for cardio.
Sometimes, in order to find happiness, one must allow some old bridges to collapse, in order to build better ones.
It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
No one should expect building a new high-growth, software-powered company in an established industry to be easy. It's brutally difficult.
I'm building a glass pyramid over the Egyptian escalator where my body will be mummified, so my customers can come and see me forever.
Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.
We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.
Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!
When you build a fence around yourself, you'll wonder why people are afraid to approach you, because the pride in the fence is the cause of your blindness.
Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers.
Without a vision to guide our path, and without ambition that knows no limits, we can never build a bright future for generations to come.
The Minted mission is to be a community that supports designers from all over the world and provides them with an opportunity to be discovered and build their careers.
Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.
You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted every turn. You have to be able to make decisions on your own.
Architects have to dream. We have to search for our Atlantises, to be explorers, adventurers, and yet to build responsibly and well.
You have the ability to shine and make a mark in some field. Your job is to find your niche, excel and build a lasting legacy.
People rescue each other. They build shelters and community kitchens and ways to deal with lost children and eventually rebuild one way or another.
When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.
