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Not only don't diets work, they're actually designed to fail. It's not you or your lack of will power that's the problem. It's that diets by their very nature simply don't work. Bob Schwartz American Health Expert, Author 
When you're in a relationship, you're always surrounded by a ring of circumstances... joined together by a wedding ring, or in a boxing ring. Bob Seger American Musician, Singer 
When I joined the Tour I studied the best players to see what they did that I didn't do. I came to the conclusion that the successful players had the Three Cs: Confidence, Composure, Concentration. Bob Toski 1926-, American Golfer 
Hate is such a luxurious emotion, it can only be spent on one we love. Bob Udkoff  
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program. Bob Wells  
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. Bobby Hull American Hockey Player 
Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment. Bobby Hull American Hockey Player 
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. Bobby Knight 1940-, American Basketball Coach 
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. Bobby Knight 1940-, American Basketball Coach 
I never lost a game. I just ran our of time. Bobby Layne American Football Player 
Drive for show, but putt for dough. Bobby Locke  
If you have to remind yourself to concentrate during competition, you've got no chance to concentrate. Bobby Nichols 1936-, American Golfer 
Forget about style; worry about results. Bobby Orr 1948-, Canadian-Born American Hockey Player 
Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire. Bobby Unser 1934-, American Race Car Driver 
Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second. Bobby Unser 1934-, American Race Car Driver 
To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer. Bodenstedt  
He who hesitates is probably right. Bogovich  
One who has lost confidence can lose nothing more. Boiste  
Understanding brings control. Bonewitz  
Avoiding a problem doesn't solve it. Bonnie Jean Thornley  
You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. Bonnie Prudden  
I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time. Bonnie Raitt 1949-, American Singer, Guitarist, Musician, Songwriter 
To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigour one must exercise, study, and love. Bonstettin  
We therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection. Book Of Common Prayer Liturgy of the Anglican Church 
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. Book Of Common Prayer Liturgy of the Anglican Church 
Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He comet up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. Book Of Common Prayer Liturgy of the Anglican Church 
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
Character, not circumstances, makes the man. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
Character is power. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
I will not permit any man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
We do not want the men of another colour for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without proper reward. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon. Booker T. Washington 1856-1915, American Black Leader and Educator 
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink. Booth Tarkington 1869-1946, American Writer 
Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. Booth Tarkington 1869-1946, American Writer 
Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions. Booth Tarkington 1869-1946, American Writer 
An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband. Booth Tarkington 1869-1946, American Writer 
I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play. Boris Becker 1967-, German Tennis Player 
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens, then everybody disagrees. Boris Marshalov  
No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim. Boris Pasternak 1890-1960, Russian Poet, Novelist, Translator 
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. Boris Pasternak 1890-1960, Russian Poet, Novelist, Translator 
Man is born to live and not to prepare to live. Boris Pasternak 1890-1960, Russian Poet, Novelist, Translator 
That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it. Boris Pasternak 1890-1960, Russian Poet, Novelist, Translator 



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