Top 382 Quotes & Sayings by Romanian Authors - Page 3

I had many attempts to become No. 1, and it was really tough mentally to keep believing that it would happen one day, but then it was really tough to stay there because I felt the pressure at every tournament.

I wanted to have a free life.

When you're trying to recreate an era, eyebrows and hair are the most important thing to consider.

Good eyebrows give your face definition.

I remember everything from 1976. I remember I was 14, and I remember my routines.

Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.

My problem is that I'm negative - I come from Romania. Romanians are a little bit negative in thinking. Everyone knows that. That's normal here.

Some players get over-dependable on their coaches.

People think you have pressure when you are young. It's the other way round, actually.

My calculus teacher would send me home every weekend with 400 problems to solve. At the time, I felt it was so strict and demanding, but now I realize that the workload instilled in me a sense of discipline, and showed me that even if I wasn't inherently skilled at something, I could be, with enough dedication and practice.

People ask me what the definition of perfection, I said it's none: there is no definition of perfection.

I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.

To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.

By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing.

God - a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays.

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other.

That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.

The opponent has the chance to win the match, and I have a chance to win the match. It's open, and I have just to do everything I can there.

Calling on each molecule one by one? No way. I just told all of them to be quiet - except for a selected few.

The ideal gymnast would be between 4 feet 7 and 5-2. I wouldn't be able to pinpoint an ideal height, however. It would be foolish to say that a gymnast above 5-2 could not be great.

It's tough to play with an injury.

A good 80 percent of the vault is still physical and another percentage of it, 20, 25 percent is mental. Mental is always the mental strength, the confidence building up to that contest or repetition, practice, practice, and practice.

In my early 20s, living in a communist regime in Romania, success to me simply meant leaving and coming to America.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

Since my high school years, I have been interested in history, especially in Roman history, a topic on which I have read rather extensively. The Latin that goes with this kind of interest proved useful when I had to generate a few terms and names for cell biology.

I know gymnastics. It's always been a subjective appreciation.

NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.

If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.

It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do.

I just want to be perfect on court, but is not possible. The perfect doesn't exist.

I don't like to judge. Fashion is a form of expression, so to each their own.

I can play against anyone; I can win against anyone.

My psychologist told me I have to control my emotions and be more positive. She's taught me to stop the negative thoughts during the matches with some exercises. That's helped me make an improvement.

I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me.

To give birth is the most beautiful thing in the world.

In Romania, during the communist regime, we were very culturally suppressed. At 18 years old, I wasn't allowed to wear bell-bottom jeans and eyeliner. I couldn't understand why!

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.

In my opinion, to be No. 1 in the world and to be the best player in the world, it's a little bit different.

My daughter was the one actually who believed in social media - she pushed me to get into Instagram, Snapchat, and everything else.

I play tennis because I like it.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

A golden rule: to leave an incomplete image of oneself.

I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I will vote a liberal president, as well.

Fiscal discipline is a priority in Romania, and we have already proven we are committed and able to make real progress in this area.

When I was young, I knew that I would be a short girl, not very tall.

How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.

Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.

I like risky stuff.

The heart hid still in the dark, hard as the Philosopher's Stone.

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

I'm tired of being hunted all over. I can't go anywhere without criticism.

Of course I cannot win all the matches, but just to play my game.

There weren't any brow products when I was in my 20s. Women simply tweezed! Now, of course, I use every single brow product I make.

Research suggests that large divisions of income and wealth weaken demand and generate economic imbalances that create instability and undermine growth.

China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.

I hoped to win a medal and hoped it would be gold. I knew I was good but didn't know I would be the one to score something that had never been done before.

Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.

Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.