Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like… — Gardner Dozois Copy Share Image
I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone takes the deaths in Midsomer as seriously as in say Wire In The Blood or Silent Witness. We're… — John Nettles Copy Share Image
The myth of this world is that the way to transformation is through power, but God choose to enter the world in… — Rick Dees Copy Share Image
Keith treated me like queen. In the three years we were married, he never said one ugly word to me, never raised… — Lorrie Morgan Copy Share Image
Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its… — Frederick Locker-Lampson Copy Share Image
I must learn to express the gentle vibration of things: the intrinsically rough texture. I must find this expression in drawings; in… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
The first time we met it was hard to say I love you but I said it gentle,bt the last time we… — Fikasande Copy Share Image
Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
They dream of men with gentle hands, eloquent with tenderness, fingers that brushed along a cheek, that outlined open lips in the… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Blood will stream over Europe until the nations become aware of the frightful madness which drives them in circles. And then, struck… — Novalis Copy Share Image
The gospel has but a forced alliance with war. Its doctrine of human brotherhood would ring strangely between the opposed ranks. The… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Kate, perhaps you need to explain to your significant other that he is in no position to give me orders. Last time… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like… — John Milton Copy Share Image
No doubt it is true that there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repented than over all the saints who… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
Again the early-morning sun was generous with it's warmth. All the sounds dear to a horseman were around me-the snort of the… — Wynford Vaughan-Thomas Copy Share Image
Misery won't touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Jazz is very important. It's not something I can put my finger on. When I'm writing at my favorite time, I like… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What is a gentleman? It is to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise; and… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“He's a gentle soul,' he told her. 'I can't see him put down, he wouldn't hurt a fly.' Indeed Boris wouldn't hurt… — Livi Michael Copy Share Image
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it,… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
For the joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild;… — Folliott Sandford Pierpoint Copy Share Image
Some of my students have had really bad experiences with religion. They moved away from talking to God. For a lot of… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
Willem holds my wrist for a long moment, looking at that birthmark. Then he lifts it to his mouth. And though his… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
As awareness recedes into the deep, as when it falls asleep, everything seemingly ends. All that it takes is a gentle touch… — John de Ruiter Copy Share Image
I would far rather add a character who generates strong feelings than someone who just kind of floats along, generating medium-warmth smiles… — Michael Schur Copy Share Image
Day by day we are building for eternity ... Every gentle word, every generous thought, every unselfish deed will become a pillar… — Rebecca Ruter Springer Copy Share Image
When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
What I see is tellin me this world's gone crazy, but, What is real says God's still on His throne, What I… — Steven Curtis Chapman Copy Share Image
It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and… — Bob Keeshan Copy Share Image
Love is like a butterfly As soft and gentle as a sigh The multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
I was a fitness fiasco - until I found Pilates . . . It's been the most gentle on my body I'm… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow, Make the day seem to us less brief... Retard the… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
You have to learn to be very, very gentle to start with - with yourself eventually. Meditation is not something that you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
