English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Dorothy Gilman Quotes

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.

Dorothy Gilman

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Amy Lowell quote: "In science, read by preference the newest works. In..."
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. Amy Lowell
Ken Kesey quote: "The best of all possible cages.' Ben stepped back to regard..."
The best of all possible cages.' Ben stepped back to regard the job with a sad smile. 'What more can one ask? Ken Kesey
Gabriel Lippmann quote: "Life is short and progress is slow."
Life is short and progress is slow. Gabriel Lippmann
Captain Jim thought women were delightful creatures, who ought to have the vote, and everything else they wanted, bless their hearts; but he did not believe they could write. L. M. Montgomery
If I may ride with you, Citizen Evremonde, will you let me hold your hand? I am not afraid, but I am little and weak, and it will give me more courage." As the patient eyes were lifted to his face, he saw a sudden doubt in them, and then astonishment. He pressed the work-worn, hunger-worn young fingers, and touched his lips."Are you dying for him?" she whispered."And his wife and child. Hush! Yes."Oh, you will let me hold your brave hand, stranger?"Hush! Yes, my poor sister; to the last. Charles Dickens
Paul Tournier quote: "The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable..."
The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are. Paul Tournier
Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got. Larry Bird
Isaac Newton quote: "What goes up must come down."
What goes up must come down. Isaac Newton
Margaret Fuller quote: "Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved."
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. Margaret Fuller
Albert Meltzer quote: "There are sermons in stones, but it depends on how good your..."
There are sermons in stones, but it depends on how good your aim is. Albert Meltzer
The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls upon the dreamer. Carl Jung
Andrea Dworkin quote: "The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot..."
The tragedy is that women so committed to survival cannot recognize that they are committing suicide. Andrea Dworkin
Lao Tzu quote: "Hence the sage puts away excessive effort, extravagance, and..."
Hence the sage puts away excessive effort, extravagance, and easy indulgence. Lao Tzu
Edward Gibbon quote: "All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance."
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance. Edward Gibbon
J. K. Rowling quote: "Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the..."
Once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion! J. K. Rowling