Building a Foundation Quotes

They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.

There are no shortcuts to building a team each season. You build the foundation brick by brick.

if i have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over - only living with the mistakes you've made. but then, caleb taught me long ago you can't build anything without some sort of foundation. maybe we learn to live our lives by understanding, firsthand, how not to live them.

Raising a child is very much like building a skyscraper. If the first few stories are slightly out of line. no one will notice. But when the building is 18 or 20 stories high, everyone will see that it tilts.

Our goal in Liverpool is to create the kind of stability that the Red Sox enjoy. We are committed to building for the long term.

The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult.

I believe I do much better for the time being by first copying some good things than by working without that foundation

After you're dating someone for a few weeks, you often don't become exclusive until you give yourself more time to know what a relationship could be like in the future. You can't get too excited too quickly.

One cannot lay a foundation by scattering stones, nor is a reputation for good work to be got by strewing volumes about the world.

I have nothing against smaller roles; they made me what I am today. But, progression is the way of life.

Young people: marry simply, start your life, and party later. Think of how much babysitting for your future colicky baby you could buy with that wedding budget. Think of how much marriage therapy you could buy. Invest in your marriage, not your wedding.

God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That's our job. Raising children and helping the community, that's preparing for the next generation.

Whatever you build, you're building for the family - not with an eye toward getting away, but with an eye toward adding to the family pie.

A house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century.

When I set goals, they're more tangible than becoming famous. You don't build a company or a foundation for fame.