Billy Mills Inspirational Quotes

Maybe you're looking for halos and wings when you should be looking for other things. ~ Mark Mills

Worrying was like sitting in a rocking chair - all that work and no progress. ~ DiAnn Mills

Death stalked her baby, and she had no bullets to protect him. ~ DiAnn Mills

People make a big mistake when they say, 'I need to be motivated.' You motivate yourself. I might inspire somebody, but that person has to be motivated within themselves first. Look inside yourself, believe in yourself, put in the hard work, and your dreams will unfold. ~ Billy Mills

Though time seems to expand or contract between idle and frantic moments, it passes the same in both: second by second. You can neither lose it or create it. Use it wisely. ~ Gavin Mills

Don't let emotions paralyze you. ~ DiAnn Mills

Something perfect can end and something broken can endure. ~ Emma Mills

After the storm there will always be calm - once the winds of change have subsided ~ Gavin Mills

Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done. ~ Russell Means

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them
and then, the opportunity to choose. ~ C. Wright Mills

Your body is baggage you carry through life. The more excess the baggage, the shorter the trip. -Arnold Glasow ~ Brian Mills

So I just open up my arms and Vera leans against me, and Gabe steps closer, putting one hand on her hair and petting it absently. None of us say anything. The city pulses on around us, and I'm not sure which one of us is anchoring the others, but I've never felt less adrift. ~ Emma Mills

Your life is a gift from the Creator. Your gift back to the Creator is what you do with your life. ~ Billy Mills

When all my dreams come true, they'll all be about you. ~ DiAnn Mills

It's not just about losing the weight, it's about losing the lifestyle and mindset that got you there. -Steve Maraboli ~ Brian Mills

A defeatist attitude was not in his gene pool. ~ DiAnn Mills

I worked as a cryptologist, where I decoded puzzles, even thought I can't make the jagged pieces of my own life fit. ~ DiAnn Mills

Only you can make your dreams come true ...or not. ~ Gavin Mills

More recently, my father has been impressed with how Billy basically started at the bottom of Payton Mills and has worked himself up to South East Region Vice President."

Cletus frowned. "Is that his title?"

"My father thinks so. And he's certain Billy wants to run for state senate. Both my parents like the idea of having a son-in-law in politics. I think that's why they like Jackson so much. I know he has plans to run for office."

"Jackson would make a great politician."

"I thought you didn't like Jackson?"

"I don't. Saying someone would make a great politician is like saying someone would make a great serial killer. It's not a compliment. ~ Penny Reid

Lack of respect could make you angry. Lack of trust could get you killed. ~ DiAnn Mills

The ultimate is not to win, but to reach within the depths of your capabilities and to compete against yourself to the greatest extent possible. When you do that, you have dignity. You have the pride. You can walk about with character and pride no matter in what place you happen to finish. ~ Billy Mills

You can get defeated, just as long as you don't fail. ~ Billy Mills

God has given me the ability. The rest is up to me. Believe. Believe. Believe. ~ Billy Mills

Dreams don't have to be realistic- that's why they're dreams. You have to work to make them happen. Or else they would be...realities ~ Emma Mills

We should've looked before," Vera says, her voice soft. "We could've saved you the trouble."

"Are you kidding? The trouble was the best part. ~ Emma Mills

What differentiates brother most from brother and beast is neither purpose, perspective nor prowess. It is simply intent. ~ Gavin Mills

Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, the Mills Brothers, Woody Herman, and Nat King Cole. "Mona Lisa, men have named you, ~ George Hodgman

It just is because it is, it exists because there's no other way than it existing. ~ Emma Mills

The less you rely on smoke and mirrors, the less you'll need to put out fires. ~ Gavin Mills

I will survive, jackoffs. Just watch me. ~ Kirstin Cronn-Mills

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations. ~ Criss Jami

Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it. ~ Confucius

He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try. ~ Paul Brunton