It is by character and not by intellect the world is won.
-Evelyn Beatrice Hall, biographer (1868-1956)
Poetry of words...
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe
Genius & Talent
Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
-Marguerite Gardiner, writer (1789-1849)
Forgiven and...contempt
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.
-Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (1694-1773)
None to be...
All envy would be extinguished if it were universally known that there are none to be envied.
-Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)
Waving for...
The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.
-Laurence J. Peter, educator and author (1919-1990)
Set out too much...
Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.
-Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, moralist (1613-1680)
Conditions of blindness
There are conditions of blindness so voluntary that they become complicity.
-Paul Bourget, novelist (1852-1935)A
Be a living example
"If you want to influence others, the most important thing you can do is be a living example of the principles, ideals, and faith that you advocate."
~ Nick Vujicic
...remaining silent
The epitaph that I would write for history would say: I conceal nothing. It is not enough not to lie. One should strive not to lie in a negative sense by remaining silent.
- Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910)
Ownership...
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
- O. Henry, short-story writer (1862-1910)
...to impose moral standards
Whenever 'A' attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon 'B', 'A' is most likely a scoundrel.
-H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)
think of.....YOU
"Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Determined by?
The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.
-Mary Renault, novelist (1905-1983)
...you bring up
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
-Robert M. Pirsig, author and philosopher (1928-2017)
Known any trouble?
I've never known any trouble other than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Original & Obvious
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterward.
-Arthur Koestler, novelist and journalist (1905-1983)
Patient with...
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
- Edith Sitwell, poet (1887-1964)
Aim of life...
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
- Henry Miller
Add something...
"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."
~ Donald A. Adams
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