Vi Hart Quotes
They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.
Every prop, every shot, every pearl that rolled across the floor was exactly how I wanted it to be.
The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.
When managers have got decisions to make, whether it benefits me or not, I have to be man enough to take it.
My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent.
I waited for a long time and there was nothing but the pain of wanting something I couldn't seem to find.
Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.
When I get "too busy" to pray, I envision Jesus at the Pearly Gates showing me the time I wasted looking for something to watch on Netflix.
If you really want to change someone's life today, don't just pray for them... pray with them.
Boredom is the keynote of poverty - of all its indignities, it is perhaps the hardest of all to live with - for where there is no money there is no change of any kind.
My critique of how we deal with drugs in society is just that - that we use these anecdotes to apply to everyone and the anecdotes are not representative.
I got a dog with a Napoleon complex. I have a Napoleon complex. We're small. Anything big that we feel is threatening us, we want to fight. We're not a pushover.
The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as the Son took our place.
Every life, I think, has that potential because I believe each life is a gift of God... because God is love.
Life is a series of embarrassing moments which leave you feeling alone in your confusion and shame
You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.
One begins with two people on a stage, and one of them had better say something pretty quick.
To foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.
Fatherhood has taught me when it's too quiet my kids are usually sinning. God the Father knows the same. Are you praying?
Time is the most valuable commodity we have, worth more than gold, yet wasted more than all else. Efficient use of time begins with prayer.
God didn't give Adam and Eve the right to decide what was good and evil. He gave them the right to choose between good and evil.
The amount of "followers" you have does not make you better than anyone else. Hitler had millions. Jesus had twelve.
It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing.
With growing experience, all skillful commanders sought to profit by the power of the defensive, even when on the offensive.
How beautiful that after 2,000 years, no one can outdo "God is love." It's the most perfectly concise, hopeful phrase in history.
No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will.
When you are drumming and really feeling the music, the beat, it is like you are transported to a different place, where you feel so exhilirated and calm through your whole body.
