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Greats Quotes (page 205)

Some relationships aren't meant to be Great Love; they're meant to be like a hot fudge sundae--enjoyable but not something you can acually live on. Kristin Chenoweth
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of all our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. Therefore, "arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached. Swami Vivekananda
Grand," I said. "Just grand. I get myself into the army, stand up in battles I have no business in, get nailed in the back by sorcery, accept an impossible assignment to be carried out in the middle of it all, and then, just to top things off, I have to go have a mystical fucking experience. This is just great. Steven Brust
Emptying the ashtrays was very expressive of myself. i just lump everything in a great heap which i have labeled ‘the past,’ and having thus emptied this deep reservoir that was once myself, i am ready to continue. Zelda Fitzgerald
Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean/ they show us how to live and die. They are full of all the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. And quality of attention: we may notice amazing details during the course of a day but we rarely let ourselves stop and really pay attention. An author makes you notice, makes you pay attention, and this is a great gift.... Anne Lamott
Throughout my career, I have discovered and rediscovered a simpletruth. It is this: the ability to concentrate single-mindedly on yourmost important task, to do it well and to finish it completely, is thekey to great success, achievement, respect, status and happiness inlife. Brian Tracy
Rainer Maria Rilke quote: "A world will come over you, the happiness, the wealth, the..."
A world will come over you, the happiness, the wealth, the inconceivable greatness of a world. Rainer Maria Rilke
Edmund Wilson quote: "an acquaintance with the great works of art and thought is the..."
...an acquaintance with the great works of art and thought is the only real insurance against the barbarism of the time. Edmund Wilson
Reepicheep: Unhand the tail. Aslan the Great gave me this tail and no one, repeat, no one, touches the tail. Period, exclamation mark! C. S. Lewis
These words [of Romans 12:1-2] are overflowingly rich in consolation; for just then when afflictions come over us, we should be of good courage, because that is the good will of God. Therefore we should be greatly pleased when things happen to us which displease us. The "good" will of God creates good out of evil. The "acceptable" will of God moves us cheerfully to love such good. It makes this good acceptable to us, and causes us to agree with it, even if it is evil. The "perfect" will of... Martin Luther
So many of us make a great fuss of matters of small consequence. We are so easily offended. Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way. Gordon B. Hinckley
William Shakespeare quote: "Nice customs curtsy to great kings."
Nice customs curtsy to great kings. William Shakespeare
E. M. Forster quote: "He did not know, but presently he would know. Great is..."
He did not know, but presently he would know. Great is information, and she shall prevail. E. M. Forster
The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark Virginia Woolf
You played it with great seriousness. And it is not such an uncommon game. Do you know Ibsen's poem -- To live it to do battle with trolls in the vaults of the heart and brain. To write: that is to sit in judgement over one's self." Robertson Davies

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