Quotes About Momentum

Because it is the hardness of the floor, and the abrupt halt in momentum, and the unyielding nature of the surface, that causes a thing to crack. Even if it is not that thing's fault. And then we talk about this thing being broken, or it needing to be fixed, and not what part of the floor has played in the matter. Never the part about the floor being a constant threat. Even if it is a nice floor. Even if everybody wants one just like it.

When employees at all levels share a common understanding of where the company is headed, what success looks like, whom their competitors are, and what needs to be achieved to claim victory, there is a remarkably low level of wasted time and energy and a powerful sense of traction.

Here we say that life is a cliff, and you must never turn around and look back when you're climbing.

Keep the bicycle moving, because if you stop pedalling, you will fall off.

Ordinarily we are swept away by habitual momentum. We don't interrupt our patterns even slightly. With practice, however, we learn to stay with a broken heart, with a nameless fear, with the desire for revenge. Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears.

Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible.

It often feels like a tremendous amount of work is required to get an idea moving forward, like pushing a train uphill. But at a certain point, the thing takes on its own momentum, and takes unexpected turns. So it's that feeling of holding on, rather than pushing it, that is the most exciting thing. It's that need to occasionally bounce off the walls, letting anything happen for any reason, and having nothing to guide you that is the joy.

It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.

No matter how big and tough a problem may be, get rid of confusion by taking one little step toward solution. Do something. —George F. Nordenholt

Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because what "doing" would look like, and where it happens, hasn't been decided.

Follow me, one word then another, one sentence then another, one death then another. Don't hesitate. Keep moving forward with me through the night. It won't take long. Don't look back.

She would soon have somewhere to go. It was always important to keep going. Stationary objects tended to get run over.

Whether it was on the battlefield or during an investigation, if you weren't moving forward then what good were you?

Vee-one meant the aircraft had reached sufficient takeoff speed and there was no going back.

It's a basic law of physics that for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction

The uncontrollable momentum of war, the inadequacy of unity and leadership among Allies, the tides of national passion, nearly always force improvident action upon Governments or Commanders

You cannot afford to indulge even for the shortest period of time in resting on your oars. You must continually drive the vast machine forward at its utmost speed. To lose momentum is not merely to stop, but to fall.

They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.

One religion or another-- whatever gets it ready, in position. One fatherland or another-- whatever helps it get a running start. Justice also works well at the outset until hate gets its own momentum going. Hatred. Hatred.

Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide.

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Don't look back, Satchel Paige said, something may be gaining on you.

Creativity needs time. We're all dying. Fuck stagnation. High-five creation.

Zo plotseling als het onweer begonnen was, ging het gewoon verder.