Great Quotes

Quotes:

Julia Cameron, The Vein of Gold


When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.

David Joseph Schwartz


Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.

Sir Winston Churchill, Reffering to the RAF


Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few.

American Indian Proverb


Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.

Jean Anouilh


To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It's easy to say no, even if it means dying.

Saint Francis of Assisi, "Prayer of St Francis" (attributed)


Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace!
Where there is hatred let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.

Toni Morrison


I'm a controversial figure. My friends either dislike me or hate me.

Sir W. Temple


Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed

Samuel Butler


Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Unknown


Courage is an everyday thing. When we look reality squarely in the eye and refuse to back away from our awareness, we are living courage.

King Edward VIII


The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.

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