Every time I step up to the plate, I expect to get a hit. If I don't expect to get a hit, I have no right to step into the batter's box in the first place. — Pete Rose
I'm always ready to step up and take that shot. — Ray Allen
I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head. — Bobby Bonilla
There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher. — Ted Williams
One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something. — Nolan Ryan
Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life. — Steve Jobs
Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.' — Mickey Mantle
I'd like to be known for stepping up, and encouraging others to do the same. — Leigh Anne Tuohy
To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments. — Ken Griffey, Jr.
Every single person has leadership ability. Some step up and take them. Some don't. My answer was to step up and lead. — Wilma Mankiller
Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. — Babe Ruth
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. — Babe Ruth
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging. — Duke Snider
One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role — Scottie Pippen
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole. — Ramakrishna
What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities. — Mae Jemison
We should always have three friends in our lives-one who walks ahead who we look up to and follow; one who walks beside us, who is with us every step of our journey; and then, one who we reach back for and bring along after we've cleared the way. — Michelle Obama
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip top if you must, but take the step.
Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it. — Rainer Maria Rilke
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. — Vaclav Havel
Heartbreaks, disappointments and even our own weaknesses can serve as stepping-stones to the second half of life transformation. Failings are the foundation for growth. Those who have fallen, failed or 'gone down' are the only ones who understand 'up.' — Richard Rohr
We must give up the vain idea of trying to please everybody. That is impossible, and the attempt is a mere waste of time. We must be content to walk in Christ's steps, and let the world say what it likes. — J. C. Ryle
Many people have the right aim in life, they just never get around to pulling the trigger. The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps -- we must step up the stairs. — Vance Havner
Step to this and get shanked up
I knocked out so many teeth the tooth fairy went bankrupt — Big L
Plate Quotes
For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple fall; James Watt watched a kettle boil; Roentgen fogged some photographic plates. And these people knew enough to translate ordinary happenings into something new. — Alexander Fleming
The so-called nouvelle cuisine usually means not enough on your plate and too much on your bill. — Paul Bocuse
Lost in this young world, I'm just trying to navigate See the pie sliced, I'm just trying to grab a plate. — G-Eazy
Transfer the point of concentration to some object outside of yourself - another person, a puzzle, a broken plate that you are gluing. — Sanford Meisner
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. — Thornton Wilder
Multi-tasking is like balancing spinning plates. Sure, it sounds exciting but you’ll never unlock the compounding effects of narrowly focused attention. — Alex Hormozi
Any man will follow any feminine looking thing down any dark alley; I've always wanted to see a man beaten to a shit bloody pulp with a high-heeled shoe stuffed up his mouth, sort of the pig with the apple; it would be good to put him on a serving plate but you'd need good silver. — Andrea Dworkin
Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate. — Amy Winehouse
Stepping Away Quotes
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. — Henry David Thoreau
A KEY TO BEGIN FORGIVING: Become soft and tender with the person. The first step is to become soft in your mind and spirit. Lower your voice and relax your facial expressions. This reflects honor and humility; and as Proverbs 15:1 suggests, "A gentle answer turns away anger." — Gary Smalley
If I wanted to order a ring for myself, the inscription I should choose would be: "Nothing passes away." I believe that nothing passes away without leaving a trace, and that every step we take, however small, has significance for our present and our future existence. — Anton Chekhov
Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I'll never reach it. So what's the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking. — Eduardo Galeano
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore. — Laurie Halse Anderson
The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon. — Bill Walsh
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everything we personally own that’s made, sold, shipped, stored, cleaned, and ultimately thrown away does some environmental harm every step of the way, harm that we’re either directly responsible for or is done on our behalf. — Yvon Chouinard
There is a madness, yes, this is true. Few mortals possess it, the willingness to step away from the protection of sanity. To walk into the wild wood of madness... — Neil Gaiman
Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting. — Fred Savage
Baby Steps Quotes
I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking globally. It really seems to be helping. — Ratan Tata
You're never too old to take baby steps — Capital STEEZ
My psycho-analytic work has convinced me that when in the baby's mind the conflicts between love and hate arise, and the fears of losing the loved one become active, a very important step is made in development. — Melanie Klein
Ladies, want nice glutes? Stop w the silly plyometrics and step ups with baby weights. SQUAT! Squat heavy, squat often, squat deep. Repeat! — Layne Norton
Baby steps count, as long as you are going forward. You add them all up, and one day you look back and you'll be surprised at where you might get to. — Chris Gardner
In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes. — Al Roker
Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn't have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward. — Chris Gardner
The only time to take the step towards change is now. Even if they're baby steps, start today! Consistency is important because you must make time to work on your goals. Even if there is little you can do, you must! — Hrithik Roshan
Baby Steps are for Babies, Not Brands. Be Amazing or Be Surpassed. — Lee Clow
Every baby saved, every mother helped to choose life is a step in the right direction. — Alveda King
It takes a strong man to accept somebody else's children and step up to the plate another man left on the table. — Ray Johnson
We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it. — James Woods
I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher. — Rogers Hornsby
As the leader of the Republicans what I'm telling that we elected the president to be president. It's time for him to step up to the plate and lead us in the direction of reducing our excessive spending. — Mitch McConnell
Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table. — James Levine
When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before. — Brian McKnight
You get yourself out there and you work hard, and you hope that word of mouth carries and one day somebody will actually step up to the plate and say, 'I believe that you can do this.' — Charlize Theron
It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves the U.N. Security Council. — Jonathan Franzen
The older I get, the more I'm surprised with life. Things don't end up the way you think they will. Unbelievable and unimaginable things do happen, and then you figure out if you'll be able to step up to the plate or not. — Paula Patton
Donald Trump has been very clear that he's committed to NATO. But he's also been very clear - and I think in a right and proper way - that our allies need to step up to the plate with their investment spending, et cetera. And I think the allies have gotten that message. — Philip M. Breedlove
When they come here, what we are looking for them to do is step up to the plate, take responsibility and get the big innings, the centuries - or take a lead with the ball. — Andy Pick
You have to step up to the plate, and then hit one out of the park. — Shawn Wayans
Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent. — Lee Haney
The reader really has to step up to the plate and read a short story. — Tobias Wolff
Even the prettiest performers and even the most handsome performers, when they get that opportunity, they still need to step up to the plate and deliver. — Chris Gethard
How could you not learn from Cher with her work ethic and the way she commands attention when she walks into a room, but exudes such peaceful tranquility and love for everyone. She just makes you feel warm and welcome and more inspired to do a better job because you want to step up to the plate. — Christina Aguilera
I definitely have to keep stepping up to the plate and be aggressive when he does that. — Lance Stephenson
I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional. — Martin Lawrence
Investing is the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate; the pitcher throws you General Motors at 47! U.S. Steel at 39! And nobody calls a strike on you. There's no penalty except opportunity. All day you wait for the pitch you like; then, when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it. — Warren Buffett
I feel most miserable When I can't step "step up to the plate" You know? People often say Regret from doing it is better than regret for not doing it — Ayumi Hamasaki
In issues of recent ethnic wars and genocides - particularly if you look at Darfur - one of the most remarkable things is our inability to act, still, despite the years of analyzing and re-analyzing what it does to subsequent generations. We still find a massive inability to step in and step up to the plate, when genocide is happening as we speak. — Stephen Daldry
There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person. — Tamara Mellon
Yes, this is hard. But there should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate. We recognize our role in creating this problem; we embrace our responsibility to combat it. We will do our part, and we will help developing nations do theirs. But we can only succeed in combating climate change if we are joined in this effort by every nation - developed and developing alike. Nobody gets a pass. — Barack Obama
The vulnerability of opening your heart fully and deeply to another is terrifying, but at a point in my 50s, I realized that I had to step up to the plate. — Sayings
God has presented this opportunity for us and we are stepping up to the plate. The pastor knows the area we work in and makes it much easier. — Robert Nugent Lynch
Women are always murdered and maimed, and they’re never given their rightful place as lead characters! And I think [creator Michael Hirst] has just written what should have been written a long time ago. There shouldn’t be anything that different about Vikings, but there is, because there’ve just been so many shows that have not stepped up to the plate and given female actors and female characters equal footing. — Clive Standen
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