A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our surroundings.

I am who I am. That's why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don't change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I'm myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

I got a great imagination, and I pay close attention to my surroundings and I'm very observant.

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.

But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God.

A bridge is born of necessity, but it must establish its own identity. It should harmonize with its surroundings, and the design must transcend the purely local and transform the setting.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.

Your surroundings may change but your essence and your personality pretty much stay the same.

I do have this belief that we all have a chance to be great, beautiful people based on how we are raised and our surroundings.

Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.

The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

If you're going to survive," he says to me, "you can never be indifferent to your surroundings. You can't depend on others to take care of you. You cannot presume that someone else will do things right.

Don't be stuck in your past and blame yourself for events that happened. Without mistakes, there would be no suffering. Without suffering, we would never be able to value real happiness or be grateful for our surroundings. Without mistakes, we wouldn't have a story to tell and inspire others. It is suffering that makes us stronger. Look back on your past and be proud of the story of your success and thank yourself for never giving up.

Sometimes I'll lie awake at night and listen to the sound of the clock. The motor ticks on endlessly. What an unsettling sound it is when you've yet to find peace - to find solace. Sometimes no matter how exhausted my body is, no matter how tired my thoughts are, no matter how sore my brain and my heart are...even then I still can't fall asleep. Sometimes I wish for nothing more than to sleep. Please, allow me to slip away into the darkest corners of the world and let me be. Just let me sleep. You can close your eyes to the surroundings, but you can't close your ears off to the sound around it. And sometimes the things you wish the most not to hear - are the loudest. They will not go away in the night and be silenced.