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George MacDonald: The best preparation...

George MacDonald: The best preparation...

The best preparation for the future, is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.

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Knut Hamsun: The writer must...

Knut Hamsun: The writer must...

The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the...

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Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Joyce Cary: Reality is a...

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

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Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Source: In Words of...

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Tillie Olsen: Time granted does...

Tillie Olsen: Time granted does...

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.

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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: It is not...

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: It is not...

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties,...

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Anna Sewell: There is no...

Anna Sewell: There is no...

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not...

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Daphne DuMaurier: Writers should be...

Daphne DuMaurier: Writers should be...

Writers should be read -- but neither seen nor heard.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Susan Warner: . . ....

Susan Warner: . . ....

. . . and many a good time we went back again, long afterward, and broke our rejected lump with great exultation to...

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The truth that...

The truth that...

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

Source:...

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Unquestionably, there is...

Unquestionably, there is...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in...

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A cynic is...

A cynic is...

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

Source: In...

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We are here...

We are here...

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all knowledge is moonshine.

Source:...

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Democracy is the...

Democracy is the...

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

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I am sorry...

I am sorry...

I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness and consolidates...

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Hope is itself...

Hope is itself...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other...

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If you think...

If you think...

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

Source: 'On...

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The least pain...

The least pain...

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our...

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It gives me...

It gives me...

It gives me a deep comforting sense that things seen are temporal and things unseen are...

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We can do...

We can do...

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Source: In Webster's...

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