Extraordinary Things Quotes

Ordinary people are capable of doing extraordinary things, and that's what it's all about. They must count.

Schools can do extraordinary things given the chance; teachers can do remarkable things if we eliminate the paperwork that sometimes binds them and give them a chance to really teach in our schools.

Ordinary' is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across ordinary people who have done extraordinary things.

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.

And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

Que me voulez-vous?' said he in a growl of which the music was wholly confined to his chest and throat, for he kept his teeth clenched, and seemed registering to himself an inward vow that nothing earthly should wring from him a smile. My answer commenced uncompromisingly: - 'Monsieur,' I said, je veux l'impossible, des choses inouïes.

What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said, about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.

The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

We have done extraordinary things to destroy our waters. We can never do enough to research and coordinate cleaning these waters up.

Ordinary people can do extraordinary things.

No one is making extraordinary things alone. They might be alone in their bedroom while they're recording or writing, but they didn't actually conjure that thing out of nothing - without influence - without assistance - without anything.

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.

I'm a tomboy at heart. I always like to say that I'm an ordinary girl doing extraordinary things.

I am just an ordinary person committed to doing extraordinary things.

Give ordinary people the right tools, and they will design and build the most extraordinary things.

The Chinese have done some extraordinary things in terms of the investments they've made in alternative sources of energy.

Oh, my dear, if you only knew how strange is the matter regarding which I am here, it is you who would laugh. I have learned not to think little of any one's belief, no matter how strange it may be. I have tried to keep an open mind, and it is not the ordinary things of life that could close it, but the strange things, the extraordinary things, the things that make one doubt if they be mad or sane.

I'm fascinated by young people who do extraordinary things.

Organizations exist to enable ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.

Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time.

One of the reasons why I decided to participate in 'HawthoRNe' was I really wanted the opportunity to show how ordinary people do extraordinary things.

I just did a film in which I had to be a dancer and I was able to do all kinds of extraordinary things. A lot of people turn 50 and talk about what they're not going to do anymore. I embarked on something that I'd wanted to do when I was 5.

Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people. Maybe it's a sign that you've got an extraordinary destiny--something greater than you could've imagined.